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The National Science Foundation (NSF), which funds about one quarter of all federally supported basic research in the United States, will require institutions it supports to report grant recipients who have been found to have committed sexual harassment, the agency announced Thursday (February 8). Any individuals placed on administrative leave related to a harassment investigation or finding must also be reported to NSF under the new rule.
“NSF doesn’t tolerate sexual harassment or any form of harassment at grantee institutions or field sites, or anywhere that science is done,” France A. Córdova, the agency’s director, said in a press briefing (via Science). “NSF expects to be notified immediately of that finding, so that we can take decisive actions as appropriate, using all the tools at ...
