{"id":66028,"date":"2026-04-17T11:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/fids\/topics\/enter-significant-financial-interest\/equity-section\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:21:37","slug":"equity-section","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/research\/new-tools\/fids\/topics\/enter-significant-financial-interest\/equity-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity Section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators must disclose equity and equity options that they receive. This section will display if you selected \u201cEquity Interest\u201d in the Entity section. 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