The new calendar year for DEPA certifications has begun as of January 16, 2024. All faculty, research faculty, and any other employee/student with responsibility for the purpose, design, conduct or reporting of research are considered essential to the research process. These individuals must disclose in the Disclosure of External Professional Activities (DEPA) form any significant financial interest and external professional activity that could compromise or appear to compromise their judgment in performing their university duties or responsibilities (Department Administrators are not required to report this year, unless the administrator is a PRA). The 2024 DEPA form has been updated to include a new question in the Foreign Research Collaborations Section (see below).
If you are engaged in one or more of the following activities, you are required to submit the DEPA:
- Directing, overseeing, or supervising the research process and/or research personnel
- Participating in theory development and testing
- Participating in the design and development of research protocols, experiments, tests, or other means of data collection
- Participating in sample design and selection
- Participating in the collection or analysis of data or the reporting of results
- Enrolling human subjects or participating in the informed consent process
- Intervening with human subjects by performing research procedures or manipulating the environment for research purposes
- Having access to personally identifiable study data
If you are engaged in only the following activities, you are not required to submit the DEPA:
- Performing data entry or statistical analysis on data sets without involvement in research design, sample selection, data collection, or reporting of results
- Participating in the recruitment of research subjects without any involvement in enrollment
- Interacting with research subjects without performing a procedure or intervention for research purposes
- Participating in the acquisition, monitoring, and maintenance of materials, supplies, and equipment without engaging in their use for research purposes
- Performing language translation of research-related documents, including survey instruments
- Hiring and training research personnel
Please visit the resources below for more information regarding the required DEPA form:
Contact Cameron Walker Cameron.Walker@Colorado.EDU with any questions or concerns regarding the DEPA form.
