ORI Updates

ORI is pleased to have awarded two research grants and five conference grants through our Research on Research Integrity program.

ORI found that Mr. Peter Littlefield engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and/or fabricating data in the following two publications funded by NIH training grants.

ORI found that respondent engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and/or fabricating data reported in two poster presentations, several laboratory meetings, and progress reports associated with NIDA, NIH, grant R01 DA012460.

ORI found that Dr. Venkata J. Reddy intentionally and knowingly engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and/or fabricating data that was provided to his mentor to include in grant application.

Teresita Briones intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and/or fabricating data that were included in five publications and three grant applications.

ORI found that Dr. Ryousuke Fujita engaged in research misconduct by falsifying and fabricating data that included in figures in the following two publications and one unpublished manuscript.

Join the U.S. Health and Human Services team as the Director for the Office of Research Integrity.  Applications are being accepted until May 15, 2015.

The NIH Office of Extramural Research and the HHS Office for Human Research Protections are offering a full day workshop entitled "Getting through Human Research Reviews without Pain"Sign up on Wednesday, May 6th.   The NIH Regional Seminar will be held May 6 to May 9 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, MD.

ORI is seeking qualified applicants to fill positions in the Division of Education and Integrity to help develop and manage programs to promote research integrity. Application deadline is April 6, 2015.

ORI is seeking to fund projects that foster innovative approaches to empirical research on societal, organizational, group, and individual factors that affect, both positively and negatively, integrity in research. The research will be reviewed and funded in a two-phase process. For this first phase, ORI is seeking small-scale, developmental research projects. ORI anticipates that Phase I awards will have a ceiling of up to $75,000 for a period of 12 months