Federal Research: NIH Should Take Further Action to Address Foreign Influence
Federal Research: NIH Should Take Further Action to Address Foreign Influence, Report No. GAO-21-523T, Apr. 2021
The National Institutes of Health is a major source of research funding for U.S. universities. It has raised concerns over the fruits of this funding going abroad and undisclosed conflicts of interest. For example, in 2020, investigators found a U.S. university researcher involved in a Chinese-government talent recruitment program failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars in foreign income. We testified that, among other things, NIH: Does not address non-financial conflicts such as foreign affiliations in its policy Has mechanisms to ensure that conflict disclosure requirements are met Helped start 6 criminal investigations
Publication type:
project report
Publication language:
English
Publication date:
2021
Publication URL:
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-523t.pdf
Institute:
Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (STAA)
Country:
United States of America
Project:
Federal Research: NIH Should Take Further Action to Address Foreign Influence (STAA)

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