Nearly three-fourths of National Institutes for Health (NIH) grantees fail to properly report their researchers’ ties to foreign countries and companies, according to an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector-General (HHS-IG).
“More than two-thirds of grantees failed to meet one or more requirements for investigators’ disclosure of all foreign financial interests and support. These problems often involved requirements to disclose non-publicly traded equity interests from foreign entities and to disclose in-kind resources, professional affiliations, or participation in a foreign ‘talents’ program,” said the HHS-IG report, which was made public earlier in June.
“Investigators” are the researchers, scientists and other individuals conducting research being supported with federal tax dollars received by grantees from NIH….