Export controls has been a very hot issue over the past few years, partly because of the rise of other nations that compete in science and technology with the United States. Some prominent scientists at Harvard, Universityof Texas, and elsewhere faced major legal issues for not complying with export controls.The following topics will be covered:

-       Definition of Export Controls

-       Export Control Regulations

          o  ITAR

          o  EAR

          o  OFAC

-       Deemed Export

-       Fundamental Research Exclusionsand Limitations

-       MSU Training Resource

Conflict of Interest is a topic that must betaken very seriously by any researcher and must be disclosed properly. The followingtopic will be covered:

-       Definition of financial conflictof interest (FCOI)

-       Definition of an Investigator

-       Responsibilities of anInvestigator

-       When to disclose a real orpotential COI

-       Managing conflicts of interest