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| # STEM BIO-AI B3 COI Declaration Discrimination Guide | |
| 3-tier scoring for Conflict of Interest disclosure (PATCH-22). | |
| Apply the highest applicable tier. Do not assign non-standard values. | |
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| ## +0 (Absent) | |
| No organizational affiliation, funding, or COI information anywhere | |
| in README, CHANGELOG, or LICENSE. | |
| ## +3 (Institutional affiliation disclosed) | |
| - "Developed at Stanford SNAP" -- org name present | |
| - "Affiliated with MIT CSAIL" -- lab affiliation | |
| - "Contributors from Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies" | |
| NOTE: affiliation disclosure != COI declaration. | |
| Knowing who built it is not the same as knowing who funded it or profits from it. | |
| ## +5 (Funding disclosed) | |
| - "Funded by NIH R01 GM123456" | |
| - "Supported by Wellcome Trust grant 208986/Z/17/Z" | |
| - "This work was funded by DARPA under contract HR0011-20-C-0023" | |
| ## +5 (Commercial COI declared) | |
| - "Authors hold equity in BioStartup Inc." | |
| - "Author X is a paid consultant for PharmaCo" | |
| - "Developed in collaboration with [commercial entity] under sponsored research agreement" | |
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| ## Boundary Cases | |
| - "MIT License" = licensing clarity, NOT COI. Score B3 = +0. | |
| - "Stanford SNAP affiliation + MIT License" = +3 (affiliation only) | |
| - "K-Dense Inc. affiliation stated" = +3 (corporate affiliation, no funding detail) | |
| - "K-Dense Inc. + funding model described" = +5 | |
| Maximum: +5 (non-cumulative -- highest applicable tier). | |
| Valid scores: 0, 3, or 5 only. | |