NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS
CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM
Case Number: A14090048 Page 1 of 1
We received an allegation of plagiarism in a declined NSF proposal (Proposal). 1 Our
review identified de minimis plagiarism in the Proposal. We sent the Co-PI responsible for that
portion of the Proposat2 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 2014-11-03.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)