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Missing COI Program, Fabricated Outreach, Job, Health Records: The Many Types of Falsehoods

Report on Research Compliance 21, no. 9 (September, 2024) - How many types of falsehoods might sully applications for research funds and the studies they support? Unfortunately, the most recent semiannual report to...more

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In This Month’s E-News: September 2024

Report on Research Compliance 21, no. 9 (September, 2024) - Based on their review of public data on ClinicalTrials.gov, a bipartisan quartet of U.S. representatives has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...more

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In This Month’s E-News: August 2024

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 15 days from receipt of its June 21 warning letter to elaborate on corrective actions to address violations of federal requirements...more

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In This Month’s E-News: May 2024

Some funding applications submitted to NIH beginning Jan. 25 will face new requirements and undergo a revised peer review process. To prepare investigators and institutions, NIH launched a dedicated website with details about...more

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Good investigative practices apply in all settings

As reported in the Report on Research Compliance, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) recently held a workshop on the performance of federal research misconduct investigations....more

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In This Month’s E-News: December 2023

Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 12  (December 2023) Although the National Science Foundation (NSF) allowed more than half the costs questioned by auditors for its Office of Inspector General (OIG), the California...more

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Where’s the Proof? NSF OIG Provides Insights on Crafting That All-Important Investigation Report

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, no. 10 (October, 2023) Please don’t send uncorrected transcripts of interviews conducted via Zoom or other means to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General...more

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In This Month’s E-News: June 2023

After reviewing recommendations from its Office of Inspector General (OIG), the National Science Foundation (NSF) required Yale University to repay $172,213 of the $251,973 auditors flagged in a 2020 report. According to a...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 1. In This Month’s E-News: January 2023

Alice C. Chang, formerly an associate professor of basic medical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University, “falsified and/or fabricated data from the same mouse models or cell lines by reusing the...more

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NSF, OSTP Begin Implementing ‘CHIPS’ Act; Institutions Face New Security Requirements

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 10 (October, 2022) - What is a malign foreign government talent recruitment program and why does it matter? This is a term with which research compliance officials managing federal...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 19, Number 9. In This Month's E-News: September 2022

Report on Research Compliance Volume 19, Number 9 (September, 2022) - According to the HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI), Janina Jiang, M.D., Ph.D., a former assistant researcher in the University of California, Los...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 19, Number 7. In This Month's E-News: July 2022

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

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And Now for Some Positive News: OIG Shares 'Promising Practices' Among Audit Findings

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 3 (March, 2022) - Government auditors know they have something of a thankless job. Their role is to be perhaps hypercritical: Was that computer bought near the end of the award really...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 11. In This Month’s E-News: November 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 11 (November, 2021) - A professor in the University of Washington (UW) College of Engineering allegedly falsified award documents submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF)...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 9. In This Month’s E-News: September 2021

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

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 7. In This Month’s E-News: July 2021

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

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NSF OIG Deploys 'Redesigned' Audit Approach: Assess the 'Environment,' Then Target Inquiries

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) - Institutions with federal research dollars, particularly from the National Science Foundation (NSF), know they may be subject to an audit by the funding...more

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Report on Research Compliance Volume 16, Number 12. In This Month's E-News: December 2019

Report on Research Compliance 16, no. 12 (December 2019) - NIH is seeking comment on a proposed policy for data management and sharing, as well as two related guidance documents that together seek to “promote effective and...more

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