NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM Case Number: A07060033 11 Page 1 of 1 . A proactive review identified possible plagiarism in the subject's CAREER proposal.' However, in every instance, the duplicated sentence is short and common, paraphrased, or augmented by the subject's own words that describe a common accepted approach to teaching and education. These approaches and strategies are part of a commitment to education expected to be part of a CAREER proposal. The project description of three other recent proposals of the subject were examined, and there was no indication of duplicated text found. The issue of potential plagiarism is therefore without substance. Accordingly, this case is closed. ' Redacted. Redacted. I NSF OIG Form 2 (1 1/02)
Plagiarism (Verbatim)
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 2007-07-31.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)