Interacademy Partnership for Research

“Members of iap shall consist only of well-established regional or global networks of merit-based academies of science or medicine. Initially, the members are expected to consist of the following seven organizations: -iap - the global network of science academies - expected to become "iap for science", -the interacademy council (iac) - expected to become "iap for research", -the interacademy medical panel (iamp) - expected to become "iap for health", -the inter-american network of academies of science (ianas), -the association of academies and societies of sciences in asia (aas sa), -the european academies of science advisory council (easac), and -the network of african science academies (nasac). Iap shall have two categories of members. Members shall be classified as either (i) general members or (ii) executive members. All members who are not executive members shall be considered general members. Each executive member shall have the right to select two of its leaders to serve (i) as voting representatives at meetings of the members, and (ii) on iap's board of directors (or steering committee) by virtue of those persons' leadership positions (co-chairs).”

“Executive members shall have the right to select two of its leaders to serve (i) as voting representatives at meetings of the members, and (ii) on iap's board of directors (or steering committee) by virtue of those persons' leadership positions (co-chairs).”

“There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“Upon preparation of the federal form 990 by an independent accounting firm, the executive director sends the draft version of the federal form 990 to the board of directors for review prior to filing. Any questions or concerns from the board of directors are noted in writing, and iap's management team ensures that changes are incorporated into the form 990 as appropriate. The final version of the form 990 is distributed to the board of directors and then filed with the internal revenue service.”

“Co-chairs and board members are required to declare all conflicts of interest and any possible perceptions of conflicts of interest. They are required to sign a statement affirming they do not have any conflicts as described in the policy. For example, a member should declare if they have, or have had in the past, a close working relationship, personal connection or financial contact with anyone from the organizations involved in a particular topic, contract or project. In the event where a board member may have a potential conflict of interest, that particular board member will be asked to leave a meeting during consideration of any topic with which they have a conflict of interest. Their exclusion from the discussion may be published in the minutes as part of the record of the meeting. Iap will continue to monitor and enforce compliance with its conflict of interest policy. All co-chairs and board members will be required to review and sign the policy upon appointment confirming the disclosure of any actual or potential conflicts and will be asked to inform the iap secretariat of any changes to their disclosure at the beginning of each calendar year.”

“Iap makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Consulting and professional fees: program service expenses 203,027. Management and general expenses 161,887. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 364,914.”

“VOIDED CONTRACT 25,000.”