NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS
CLOSEOUT MEMORANDUM
Case Number: 1-14020004 Page 1 of 1
We received an allegation that a company (Company A) 1 with a pending SBIR Phase II
proposae had potential financial issues, based on a financial capability review for the proposal
and examination of previous NSF and other federal 3 awards to a closely-related company
(Company Bt involving the same personnel. 5
Information gathered in the course of a separate, recently-closed investigation6 of Company B
indicated that the co-PI on the pending Company A proposal 7 was legitimately employed by both
Companies A and B (as company president), and that Company B had carried out research in the
proper facilities and spent the funds as laid out in the proposals. We concluded that these
findings about the co-PI and Company B answered the concerns raised about the pending
proposal and Company A. There are no umesolved issues.
Accordingly, this case is closed.
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NSF OIG Form 2 (11/02)
Admin. Financial Violations (PI/PS)
Published by the National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General on 2014-03-06.
Below is a raw (and likely hideous) rendition of the original report. (PDF)