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Respondent’s research contribution;
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research until a plan for supervision is
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1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750,
Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 453–8200.
Kathryn M. Partin,
Director, Office of Research Integrity.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
[CFDA Number: 93.085]
Office of Research Integrity; Awards
Unsolicited Proposal for the
Professionalism and Integrity in
Research Program
Office of Research Integrity,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of Award of a singlesource unsolicited grant to Washington
University in St. Louis, Missouri.
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AGENCY:
Recipient: Washington University, St.
Louis, Missouri.
Purpose of the Award: Grant to
provide remediation training through
the Professionalism and Integrity in
Research Program (PI Program) to
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promote research integrity and prevent
research misconduct.
Amount of Award: $135,763 in
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017 funds
and estimated $135,665 in FFY 2018
funds subject to the enactment of
appropriations and availability of funds.
Project Period: July 1, 2017—June 30,
2019.
SUMMARY: The Office of Research
Integrity (ORI) announces the award of
a single-source, grant in response to an
unsolicited proposal from Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri. The
proposal submitted was not solicited
either formally or informally by any
federal government official.
ORI performed an objective review of
the unsolicited proposal from
Washington University to expand and
evaluate the Professionalism and
Integrity in Research Program (PI
Program), the only remediation program
for researchers who violate expectations
for the responsible conduct of research.
Based on an external and internal
review of the proposal, ORI determined
that it has merit.
There is a strategic importance of
access to this type of training. Research
misconduct involving Public Health
Service (PHS) support is contrary to the
interests of PHS and the federal
government, the health and safety of the
public, the integrity of research, and the
conservation of public funds.
Participants in the PI Program will
demonstrate better research compliance
and integrity outcomes, such as
developing better, more ethical research
practices. These outcomes will promote
research integrity and help prevent
future research misconduct.
This award is being made noncompetitively because there is no
current, pending, or planned funding
opportunity announcement under
which this proposal could be competed.
ORI has identified three additional key
reasons to support rationale for
awarding this unsolicited proposal:
1. ORI’s federal regulation directs us
to focus on remediation of Respondents
who have been found to commit
research misconduct, and the PI
Program permits a pathway for that
remediation after any sanctions have
been completed.
2. Washington University is uniquely
positioned to provide this type of
training. As the only remediation
program for researchers, the grantee has
developed a comprehensive and
intensive program that will improve
research compliance and integrity
outcomes.
3. With this experience, Washington
University is well known in the research
community and is an important service
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to PHS funded institutions. The
program has a robust and unique
process for assessment and data
analysis.
Legislative Authority: Sec. 301 of the
Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 241
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn Partin at kathryn.partin@
hhs.gov or by telephone at 240–453–
8200.
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Kathryn M. Partin,
Director of the Office of Research Integrity.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[CFDA Number: 93.085]
Office of Research Integrity; Awards Unsolicited Proposal for the
Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program
AGENCY: Office of Research Integrity, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of Award of a single-source unsolicited grant to
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Recipient: Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Purpose of the Award: Grant to provide remediation training through
the Professionalism and Integrity in Research Program (PI Program) to
promote research integrity and prevent research misconduct.
Amount of Award: $135,763 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017 funds
and estimated $135,665 in FFY 2018 funds subject to the enactment of
appropriations and availability of funds.
Project Period: July 1, 2017--June 30, 2019.
SUMMARY: The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) announces the award of
a single-source, grant in response to an unsolicited proposal from
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. The proposal submitted was
not solicited either formally or informally by any federal government
official.
ORI performed an objective review of the unsolicited proposal from
Washington University to expand and evaluate the Professionalism and
Integrity in Research Program (PI Program), the only remediation
program for researchers who violate expectations for the responsible
conduct of research. Based on an external and internal review of the
proposal, ORI determined that it has merit.
There is a strategic importance of access to this type of training.
Research misconduct involving Public Health Service (PHS) support is
contrary to the interests of PHS and the federal government, the health
and safety of the public, the integrity of research, and the
conservation of public funds. Participants in the PI Program will
demonstrate better research compliance and integrity outcomes, such as
developing better, more ethical research practices. These outcomes will
promote research integrity and help prevent future research misconduct.
This award is being made non-competitively because there is no
current, pending, or planned funding opportunity announcement under
which this proposal could be competed. ORI has identified three
additional key reasons to support rationale for awarding this
unsolicited proposal:
1. ORI's federal regulation directs us to focus on remediation of
Respondents who have been found to commit research misconduct, and the
PI Program permits a pathway for that remediation after any sanctions
have been completed.
2. Washington University is uniquely positioned to provide this
type of training. As the only remediation program for researchers, the
grantee has developed a comprehensive and intensive program that will
improve research compliance and integrity outcomes.
3. With this experience, Washington University is well known in the
research community and is an important service to PHS funded
institutions. The program has a robust and unique process for
assessment and data analysis.
Legislative Authority: Sec. 301 of the Public Health Service Act,
42 U.S.C. 241
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Partin at
kathryn.partin@hhs.gov or by telephone at 240-453-8200.
Dated: June 13, 2017.
Kathryn M. Partin,
Director of the Office of Research Integrity.
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