UCSF Case Raises Questions About Grant Idea Ownership

摘要

Here's something to think about the next time you write a grant: Language you incorporate from an earlier proposal with other collaborators could be viewed as plagiarism. That, at least, is an implication of a dispute at the University of California,San Francisco (UCSF). The dispute began when an application for a grant to study the effect of anti-smoking regimens on the heart drew an accusation, of plagiarism from a collaborator. A faculty panel found the accused researcher guilty, and earlier this summer an outside arbitrator upheld the finding.