special award conditions and remedies for noncompliance, enforcement actions

8.5 Specific Award Conditions and remedies for noncompliance (specific award conditions and Enforcement Actions)

A recipient's failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award, including confirmed instances of research misconduct Fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them. Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that research is not accurately represented in the research record. Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit. Research misconduct does not include honest error or honest differences of opinion., may cause NIH to take one or more actions, depending on the severity and duration of the non-compliance. NIH will undertake any such action in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, and policies. NIH generally will afford the recipient an opportunity to correct the deficiencies before taking action unless public health or welfare concerns require immediate action. However, even if a recipient is taking corrective action, NIH may take proactive actions to protect the Federal government's interests, including placing specific conditions on awards or precluding the recipient from obtaining future awards for a specified period, or may take action designed to prevent future non-compliance, such as closer monitoring.