NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS
CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM
Case Number: A13030040 Page 1 of 1
Our office received an allegation of plagiarism in a funded NSF proposa1. 1 Our initial
review identified material copied from one source. The author of the source document was the
former graduate student2 of the co-PI of the awarded proposal. Upon further analysis, another
source document that contained the overlapping identified material was found to have been co-
authored by the former graduate student with the PI and co-PI of the awarded proposal. Hence,
the identified material is of shared property between the three authors and the plagiarism
allegation is unsubstantiated. Accordingly, this case is closed with no further action taken.
NSF OIG Fonn 2 (11102)
Plagiarism (Verbatim)
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 2014-01-10.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)