Accounting for Researchers' Time

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Recent legal settlements are highlighting a longstanding conflict between universities and the federal government

Table: Showing three universities' settlements with the federal government over allegations that they had misrepresented the amount of time scientists spent on federally-sponsored researchBy JEFFREY BRAINARD

A multimillion-dollar legal settlement with the government tends to grab the attention of university officials. So academic officials have been watching closely

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Past Coverage

Government Seeks to Track Research Time More Closely - December 9, 2005
Government Weighs Common Form for Research-Progress Reports - November 12, 2007
Government Eases Conditions for Grants - February 11, 2005
Final Rules Issued on Microbes - April 1, 2005
Johns Hopkins Settles Charges of Overbilling - March 12, 2004

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