grant fraud

A whistleblower claims his former supervisor committed fraud when applying for government funds.

A lawsuit claims that Duke University and biologist Erin Potts-Kant used bad data in projects funded by dozens of government grants.

The US Department of Health and Human Services considers ways to mitigate the risk of poor performance or misuse of funds by grantees.

The National Science Foundation orders Northeastern University to repay $2.7 million for nine years of mismanaging a federal grant.

The university has agreed to pay more than $9 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the US government over the submission of false claims regarding federal research funds.

Corruption and waste prompt officials to announce that by 2017, the main competitive, federal science funding programs will be eliminated, replaced by a uniform platform.

Texas lawmakers lifted a ban on a taxpayer-funded research organization to dole out grants.

A neurodegenerative disease researcher found guilty of fabricating results in funding applications has written an open letter of apology and clarification.

A researcher who studied neurodegenerative diseases made up results from experiments yet to take place in order to apply for more funds.

Two biomedical researchers have been found guilty of falsifying data.

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas has agreed to stop awarding new grants until it addresses concerns about the integrity of is review process.
 

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas is under investigation following further concerns about the legitimacy of its grant review process.

Observers see grant application fraud as evidence that tighter controls preventing duplicate funding are necessary.