ORI Updates

Dr. H.M. Krishna Murthy committed research misconduct in research supported by PHS grants. Dr. Murthy requested a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the Departmental Appeals Board to dispute the findings. The ALJ issued a recommended decision to the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) granting summary judgment in favor of ORI and sustaining ORI’s proposal to impose a ten-year debarment and a ten-year ban...

Indiana University and Purdue University are co-sponsoring an ORI funded conference on plagiarism on April 3-5, 2018.

ORI has funding opportunity for research on research integrity and the responsible conduct of research. Deadline: March 23, 2018.

ORI has funding opportunity for grants to hold conferences on research integrity and the responsible conduct of research. Deadline: March 26, 2018.

The latest ORI newsletter features updates on research integrity and an interview with ARIO co-founder Lauran Qualkanbush.

On May 22, 2017, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Leslie Rogall granted summary judgment to ORI, upholding ORI’s findings of research misconduct and HHS’s proposed administrative actions against Respondent Frank Sauer, Ph.D.

ORI and the University of California - San Diego are co-sponsoring a training workshop for RCR instructors on September 12-13, 2017.  Contact Tracey Randolph (Tracey.Randolph@hhs.gov) if you are interested in this opportunity to attend.

ORI funded the Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program (PI Program), the only remediation program for researchers who violate expectations for the responsible conduct of research.

Four awardees from ORI's FY2016 Research on Research Integrity Program will be presenting at the 5th World Conference on Research Integrity.  ORI congratulates these awardees for their ongoing accomplishments.

ORI is accepting abstracts for the 2017 Quest for Research Excellence Conference.  Deadline is June 9, 2017