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Florida is launching a statewide investigation into US research exploitation after four University of Florida faculty members and six employees of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa failed to disclose ties to foreign programs, reports the Tampa Bay Times. The crackdown will be the first of its kind on the state level, according to Science.
At the University of Florida, three academics resigned and one was fired after an inquiry from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and an internal review found evidence of foreign meddling in research and funding. The NIH gives $30 billion in funding to scientists and universities per year and has launched 180 inquiries at 70 institutions related to potentially systematic stealing of US research, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
An internal investigation at Moffitt resulted in the dismissal of CEO Alan List and five other employees after it was revealed ...
