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Internet Topic: At a future point in time, any newsletter stories that are applicable to an outside audience may be displayed automatically on the State Extension website. To display these there, make sure you check one of these Internet Extension Topics. If you do not wish your story to be posted outside of the Intranet, leave these boxes unchecked.

Additional Keywords: Keywords help the search engine find a particular story. It is encouraged that with every story you include at least 3 keywords or phrases, separated by commas. To help you think of what these keywords should be, ask yourself what you would search for in order to find this story. It is usually better to have a few to many keywords than to not have enough.

Intro: The intro is the lead in for your story. This is displayed on the archive page if the long format is used, giving a short description of what the user will find in that story. It is also used for people subscribing to email digests and the newsfeeds. The intro should be placed at the beginning of the content section in addition to listed here.

Content: The content of the story is exactly that, the main content of the story. The graphical editor provides you with an easy way to format your text as well as include lists, tables and images (in .gif or .jpg format) with your stories. To find out what each button does, simply hover the mouse over the button and the button's name should appear. In short though, all the controls for tables and images are on the left toolbar, and all text formatting is on top.

If you want to have even greater control over how your text is formatted and are familiar with html, you can select the Html button at the lower right corner of the editor to view and edit the html code directly.

Sources: Stories may have sources associated with where the information came from. This is not needed, though may be added information for some stories. If you wish to include additional contact information, add someone as a source.

Files: Files are for uploading attachments that you want included with your story. These could be (but are not limited to): .pdf, .mp3, .doc, .ppt, etc. Any images we wish to include in our file should be uploaded using the graphical editor in the content section of this form.

Strategies and programs that provide a more effective educational system for Ohio's workforce.

Fostering connections between rural and urban communities.

Growing Ohio's green industry and agriculture with high-impact commodity/issue teams.

Helping to create jobs through innovation and entrepreneurship.

Education leading to good stewardship of Ohio's natural resources.

Improving health and wellness, and positively impacting the state's economy.

Approaches for improving community quality of life.

10/12/2009

Update your e-Conflict of Interest Screening Form for 2009-2010

If you are a faculty member and/or have a current project at the Research Foundation (now the Office of Sponsored Projects), you may have seen an e-mail from Joseph A. Alutto, executive vice president and provost and Caroline C. Whitacre, vice president for research, notifying you that it is time to update your eCOI. Please update your form immediately. Note that the eCOI is not the same as the financial disclosure COI that you may have completed recently if you are or were an employee with fiscal authority during FY09.

University policies and procedures on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment require that an annual financial Conflict of Interest disclosure be completed by the following persons:

All regular full and part-time faculty engaged in teaching (including Extension) and/or research activities.
All full- and part-time, auxiliary, or emeritus faculty who have a role in the design, conduct, or reporting of research or a sponsored training grant.
Clinical and research staff members and students who have a role in the design, conduct, or reporting of research - including research with animals, human subjects, recombinant DNA molecules, stem cells, or pathogenic microorganisms. Examples of such roles include: staff and students who are formally listed on, or their salary or effort is associated with, a specific project or award; staff and students who are listed as a co-investigator or key personnel on an institutional review board (IRB), institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC), or institutional biosafety committee (IBC) protocol; clinical or research staff and students who collect or analyze data, or consent research subjects; and staff and students who plan to participate as authors on publications or presentations resulting from the research.
Principal administrative officials designated by the Vice President for Research as having a significant role in supervision of research.

The 2009/2010 eCOI Screening/Disclosure Application is currently available at https://rf.osu.edu/secure/e-coi. Follow the steps below to complete your annual Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure:

Log in using your university internet user name (name.xx) and password.
Click the Disclosure button.
The Conflict of Interest (COI) disclosure form will appear. If you have submitted a COI disclosure in 2008/2009, the new form will be pre-populated with information provided in the 2008/2009 COI disclosure. Please revise and update this information.
Complete the form and click the Submit for Approval button at the bottom of the form.

Note: For "where are you assigned," choose Columbus Campus. They want the location of the department chair. If you need assistance in filling out the form, click the Instructions button. If you need technical assistance with the eCOI application, call 614-688-8288 or e-mail orhelpdesk@osu.edu. Help with regulatory or procedural issues is available by e-mail at ConflictInfo@osu.edu. If you have questions about this, contact Jackie LaMuth (lamuth.1@osu.edu; 614-292-6470).



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