Cleveland Clinic fined $7.6 million for alleged mismanagement of NIH grants

Record settlement over China funding puts U.S. research institutions on notice.

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Over the past five years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has encountered significant challenges in prosecuting scientists accused of failing to disclose research support from China, resulting in a limited number of successful criminal cases¹. Nonetheless, a recent settlement with the Cle…