Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 7 (July, 2022)
- Given the already “heavy …burden” faced by small institutions and the National Science Foundation's (NSF) low award rate, the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR)...more
6/28/2022
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Report on Research Compliance 19 no. 6 (June, 2022)
- Auditors for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) questioned $35,316 of costs claimed by the University of Idaho (UI) among $42.7...more
6/2/2022
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Report on Research Compliance 19 no. 6 (June, 2022) -
When Terry Magnuson resigned in April as research vice chancellor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill after admitting to three instances of...more
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 5 (May, 2022) -
Nearly a decade after irregularities were first noticed in clinical trials that ultimately led to a misconduct finding and a guilty plea for embezzlement, the HHS...more
4/25/2022
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National Science Foundation ,
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Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 4 (April, 2022) -
Terry Magnuson, the long-time research vice chancellor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, described his three instances of plagiarism inserted...more
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 2 (January 27, 2022) -
While expressing their “great disappointment,” the University of Michigan (U-M) Board of Regents on Jan. 16 announced the immediate removal of Mark Schlissel as...more
1/31/2022
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Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 1 (January, 2022) -
During the second half of fiscal year 2021, which ended Sept. 30, the National Science Foundation (NSF) collected more than $2.5 million from six universities and...more
12/28/2021
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Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 12 (December, 2021) -
A month after rumors circulated that President Biden planned to tap former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf to serve again, the...more
12/3/2021
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Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) ,
OIG ,
Presidential Nominations ,
SACHRP ,
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Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 9 (September, 2021) -
A former Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researcher who was the principal investigator on a 2014 NIH award of $939,495.27 and...more
8/30/2021
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Draft Guidance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
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Hospitals ,
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Malware ,
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National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Phishing Scams ,
Public Comment ,
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Scientific Research ,
Universities ,
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Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 9 (September, 2021) -
To his supporters and colleagues, Song Guo Zheng, MD, PhD, was the most productive worker they’ve seen in 50 years, publishing nearly 300 papers, a man who lived...more
8/27/2021
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Penn State ,
Prison ,
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Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 8 (August, 2021) -
NIH is continuing to face pushback and questionable actions by institutions grappling with agency-funded “superstar” principal investigators (PIs) who sexually...more
7/23/2021
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Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 7 (July 2021) -
In a review of more than 500 NIH awards, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that about one-fifth were funded “out of rank order,” and for more than a...more
6/28/2021
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Medical Records ,
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National Science Foundation ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Plea Agreements ,
Research and Development ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 7 (July 2021) -
Elisabeth Bik will not be silenced.
While Bik, who has a doctorate in microbiology, has been active in calling out fraudulent research for several years, she gained...more
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 6 (June 2021) -
Clemson University is pushing back against recommendations by auditors for the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG) that it repay $276,440,...more
5/24/2021
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FDA Warning Letters ,
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
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Health Care Providers ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Hospitals ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Noncompliance ,
OIG ,
OSTP ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Restitution ,
Scientific Research ,
Trade Secrets ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 4 (April 2021) -
A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic found “intensified complications related...more
3/30/2021
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JCORE ,
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National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Security ,
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OIG ,
Presidential Memorandum ,
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Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 3 (March 2021) -
◆ A former post-doctoral fellow at the McGovern Medical School, part of the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center, admitted to committing research misconduct...more
2/24/2021
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National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities ,
Wire Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 3 (March 2021) -
A principal investigator (PI) who was initially accused of one instance of plagiarism noted that he had similarly copied text into two other National Science...more
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 2 (February 2021) -
A National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit of five Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) awards to the...more
1/26/2021
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Medical Records ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
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Scientific Research ,
Wire Fraud
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 1 (January 2021) -
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will be accepting comments on a revised version of its Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) expected to be...more
12/30/2020
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Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 11 (November 2020) -
As the pandemic continues to grip the United States, bringing more illness and death to minorities in particular, and the nation reflects on a summer of unrest over...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 11 (November 2020)
- In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the HHS Office for Human Research Protections has issued an exception to the single institutional review board...more
10/24/2020
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Funding ,
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Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
Professors ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 10 (October 2020) -
When Kris Wolff, director of the Office of Sponsored Programs at Fordham University, came down with COVID-19, she didn’t hide it from her staff. “I was really open...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 10 (September 24, 2020) -
Although full implementation is several years away, leaders of research institutions and organizations representing them are asking the Department of Defense...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 9 (August 20, 2020)
- The Office of Management and Budget has published guidance for agencies and recipients of federal awards and contracts, finalizing a document issued in February...more
8/24/2020
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National Science Foundation ,
New Guidance ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Plagiarism ,
Professors ,
Retirement ,
Scientific Research ,
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Trade Associations ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 9 (August 20, 2020) -
As part of its recent settlement with the Department of Justice regarding allegations of False Claims Act (FCA) violations, Lehigh University of Pennsylvania is...more
8/20/2020
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