{"id":1266,"date":"2019-04-02T12:38:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T12:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T12:38:06","slug":"duke-university-pays-112-million-to-settle-research-misconduct-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/research\/2019\/04\/02\/duke-university-pays-112-million-to-settle-research-misconduct-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke University Pays $112 Million to Settle Research Misconduct Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grants Resource Center – by\u00a0Wellons, Richard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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In a cautionary tale for any college and university using federal research dollars, Duke University (N.C.) will pay $112 million to settle a\u00a0whistle-blower\u00a0lawsuit after being accused by federal prosecutors of\u00a0knowingly\u00a0using faked data to\u00a0land millions of dollars in federal grants from 2006 to 2018.\u00a0According to the\u00a0Washington Post<\/a>, former research technician\u00a0Erin Potts-Kant, who was supervised by pulmonary medicine researcher William Michael Foster, faked research that was then used as a basis to obtain 30 grants from federal agencies. The\u00a0Post reports that, though warning signs were there, the university didn’t act until discovering, in 2013,\u00a0that Potts-Kant had siphoned off money for personal expenses.<\/p>\n

The case emphasizes the importance for colleges and universities of making sure researchers are conducting their research ethically and following all appropriate federal and internal guidelines. Failure to do so not only betrays the taxpayers who ultimately fund federal research , but can also\u00a0lead to professional setbacks and public shame\u00a0for the researcher (see the Federal Register’s \u00a0Findings of Research Misconduct announcements<\/a>) as well as massive penalties and loss of prestige for their institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grants Resource Center – by\u00a0Wellons, Richard In a cautionary tale for any college and university using federal research dollars, Duke University (N.C.) will pay $112 million to settle a\u00a0whistle-blower\u00a0lawsuit after being accused by federal prosecutors of\u00a0knowingly\u00a0using faked data to\u00a0land millions of dollars in federal grants from 2006 to 2018.\u00a0According to the\u00a0Washington Post, former research technician\u00a0Erin 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