GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Four faculty members have left the University of Florida as the school and federal government investigate foreign exploitation of American-funded medical research.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that three researchers resigned and the fourth was terminated after the university received a letter from the National Institutes of Health regarding questionable foreign meddling in grant research and funding.
NIH gives out $30 billion a year to American scientists and universities for biomedical research and awarded UF more than $190 million in grants last year.
The agency has launched 180 individual inquiries into 70 institutions related to foreign attempts to take advantage of U.S.-backed medical research.