Proposals that were submitted to external sponsors without first completing the proposal submission process may be withdrawn at the discretion of the AVP of Research

Pursuant to Federal regulations, the Principal Investigator certifies to the following statements:
1. The information submitted within the application is true, complete, and accurate.
2. Any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or claims may subject me to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties.
3. I agree to accept responsibility for the scientific conduct of the project and to provide the required progress and effort reports if a grant is awarded as a result of the application.

I certify that:
a. I am not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transaction by any Federal department or agency.
b. I have not, within a three-year period preceding the application, been convicted of, or had a civil judgment rendered against me for:
i. Commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public transaction or contract under a public transaction;
ii. Violation of federal or state antitrust statutes; or
iii. Commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property.
c. I presently, have not been indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a government entity (federal, state, local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in (4) above or,
d. I have not, within a three-year period preceding this application had one or more public transactions (federal, state, local) terminated for cause or default.
e. I have read and understand the policies and regulations of conflict of interest, including institutional policy.
f. I certify that the proposed research work will be performed in compliance with sponsor and institutional policies, procedures and requirements.