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
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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Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure to Report ,
False Statements ,
Federal Grants ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Medical Centers ,
Medical Research ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 1 (January, 2022) -
Although a continuing resolution is now in place that funds the federal government through Feb. 18, committees are still working on bills that could contain...more
12/29/2021
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Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) ,
Continuing Resolution ,
Data-Sharing ,
False Statements ,
Federal Funding ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Proposed Rules ,
Request For Information ,
Research Funding ,
Universities ,
Wire Fraud
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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Federal Funding ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Investigations ,
Medical Research ,
Misallocation of Funds ,
Mismanagement ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 12 (December, 2021) -
Washington State University’s (WSU) recent settlement with the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) for more than $800,000 followed a university-wide audit that...more
12/2/2021
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Grants ,
OIG ,
Restitution ,
Salary Caps ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Universities
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
11/1/2021
/ Audits ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DATA Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Espionage ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
Falsified Documents ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Medical Research ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Probation ,
Professors ,
Research and Development ,
Research Funding ,
Restitution ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Tenure ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 11 (November, 2021) -
If a timeline announced by the White House is met, universities and others should receive guidance later this month on securing the research enterprise as the...more
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) -
A University of Texas at Austin principal investigator (PI) who, in the words of the National Science Foundation Office of Inspector General (OIG), “generally...more
9/27/2021
/ Federal Funding ,
FOIA ,
Internal Investigations ,
Misappropriation ,
Mismanagement ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Professional Disciplinary Actions ,
Research Funding ,
Sanctions ,
Universities
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
/ Animal Testing ,
China ,
Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Draft Guidance ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Hackers ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Hospitals ,
Indictments ,
Malware ,
Medical Research ,
Medical School ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Phishing Scams ,
Public Comment ,
Research and Development ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities ,
Voluntary Disclosure
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
/ China ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Statements ,
Federal Funding ,
Guilty Pleas ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Penn State ,
Prison ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 8 (August, 2021) -
“As a steward of the nation’s biomedical research enterprise, NIH is dedicated to ensuring that when data and biospecimens are shared, that it is done ethically and...more
7/26/2021
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Best Practices ,
Clinical Trials ,
Compliance ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal Funding ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Research Funding ,
The Common Rule ,
Universities
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
/ Auditors ,
Clinical Trials ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Data Rights ,
Data Sets ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure To Disclose ,
False Statements ,
FBI ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Funding ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Records ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
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. 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
/ Compliance ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Data Transfers ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FDA Warning Letters ,
Federal Grants ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
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. 5 (May 2021) -
Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, has relaunched the bipartisan Congressional Academic Medicine Caucus with new co-chair Rep. David McKinley, R-West Virginia, who replaced...more
4/26/2021
/ Audits ,
Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Failure to Report ,
False Statements ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
J-1 Visas ,
Medical Research ,
Medical School ,
National Science Foundation ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Teaching Hospitals ,
Universities ,
Visa Fraud ,
Wire Fraud
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
/ Conflicts of Interest ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
HRSA ,
JCORE ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Security ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
OIG ,
Presidential Memorandum ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
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
/ Audits ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Statements ,
Guilty Pleas ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Hospitals ,
Investigations ,
Medical Research ,
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) -
“I don’t want to be on the front page of the paper with my best researcher being dragged off in handcuffs. It doesn’t look good for our university,” a senior...more
1/25/2021
/ Collaboration ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Foreign Entities ,
Government Agencies ,
Guilty Pleas ,
National Security ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Universities
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
/ Colleges ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
False Statements ,
GAO ,
Grants ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Professors ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Research Funding ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) -
The 120-day closeout that institutions fought for after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) first released the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost...more
11/25/2020
/ Contract Negotiations ,
Educational Institutions ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Indirect Expenses ,
New Guidance ,
OMB ,
Pass-Through Entities ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Research Funding ,
Termination for Convenience ,
Universities
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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Biomedical Companies ,
Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Funding ,
Fraud ,
Institutional Review Board (IRB) ,
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. 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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Audits ,
Compliance ,
Federal Grants ,
HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
New Guidance ,
OIG ,
OMB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Plagiarism ,
Professors ,
Retirement ,
Scientific Research ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
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
/ Audits ,
Compliance ,
Conflicts Committee ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Training ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Grants ,
IRB ,
Medical Research ,
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) ,
Oversight Duties ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Scientific Research ,
Sham Transactions ,
Universities
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 8 (August 2020) -
Higher education groups and others are hailing a decision by the administration to rescind planned rules that would have required students in the United States on...more
7/27/2020
/ Animal Health ,
Compliance ,
Deportation ,
F-1 Visa ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Students ,
Harvard University ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
M-1 Visa ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Research ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
National Science Foundation ,
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) ,
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) ,
Remote Learning ,
Reversal ,
SACHRP ,
Scientific Research ,
Universities ,
Veterinarians