Duke University is to pay a $ 112.5 m settlement after staff manipulated biomedical research to aid federal research grant applications . The case originated in 2013 when whistle blower Joseph Thomas claimed two colleagues and the university had violated the National Institutes of Health and the Health Protection Agency , resulting in the school receiving over 60 grants amounting to $ 200 m . interim president Vincent Price said the university will form an advisory panel on research projects including outside hires . It also intends to change its leadership structure to enforce greater oversight and to ensure policy guidance is provided for relevant research projects .
Duke University is to pay a $112.5m settlement after staff manipulated biomedical data to aid federal research grant applications. The case originated in 2013 when whistle blower Joseph Thomas claimed two colleagues and the university had misled the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency, resulting in the school receiving over 60 grants amounting to $200m. Duke president Vincent Price said the university will form an advisory panel on research integrity including outside hires. It also intends to change its leadership structure to enforce greater oversight and to ensure policy guidance is provided for relevant research processes.