NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS
CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM
Case Number: A14040015 Page 1 of 1
We received an allegation of plagiarism in a declined NSF proposal (Proposal). 1 Our
review identified de minimis plagiarism in that and another proposaf the PI3 submitted. We sent
the PI a Questionable Research Practice letter, reminding her to ensure appropriate citation in
future submissions to NSF.
Accordingly, this case is closed with no further action taken.
NSF OIG Form 2 (11/02)
Plagiarism (Verbatim)
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 2014-09-24.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)