NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS
CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM
Case Number: A13010012 Page 1 of 1
We received an allegation of plagiarism in an NSF proposal. 1 The concern expressed was that the
proposal contained text from a Ph.D. student's dissertation completed under the direction of the PI
listed on the proposal. Analysis ofthe proposal indicated that there was only a small overlap of text
between the proposal and the dissertation. Also, the student was listed in the budget justification
section as the post doctoral candidate that would be funded by the proposal.
Based on the limited overlap in text and that the student was listed as a participant on the proposal,
we determined that the matter did not rise to the level of research misconduct. Accordingly, this case
is closed with no further action taken.
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NSF OIG Form 2 (11/02)
Intellectual Theft
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 2013-02-25.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)