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(US) More than 70 lab heads removed from NIH grants after harassment findings – Science (Jocelyn Kaiser | June 2021)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Research Integrity on August 7, 2021
Keywords: Institutional responsibilities, International, Research Misconduct, Researcher responsibilities

The Linked Original Item was Posted On June 11, 2021

A palm print inside a red circle above the words "STOP HARASSMENT"

Since early 2018, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has received more than 300 complaints of sexual and other harassment and approved removing 75 principal investigators (PIs) from grants as a result, the agency reported this week. That’s the eye-opening result of an update NIH provided on its efforts to address professional misconduct by agency-funded investigators.

This story from the US reiterates (at last) that you won’t be considered a scientific leader or superstar if you are a sexual harasser or indeed a bully.

About two-thirds of the complaints involved sexual harassment allegations; 54 PIs were removed as a result. Before 2018, a PI had never been stripped of a grant for that reason, but in response to the #MeTooSTEM movement, NIH began to encourage sexual harassment victims to file complaints.

The agency’s Office of Extramural Research (OER) also looks into other forms of professional misconduct—including bullying and racial discrimination, which have recently made up a greater share of the complaints (see first table, below), OER Deputy Director Michael Lauer says. He presented the data on the 314 total complaints on 10 June at a meeting of NIH’s Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD), noting that some cases involve a combination of these concerns.

More than 70 lab heads removed from NIH grants after harassment findings
Over the past 3 years, agency probed more than 300 complaints of sexual and other harassment, including racial discrimination

Related Reading

(US) NIH apologizes for its failure to address sexual harassment in science – STAT (Lev Facher | February 2019)

(US) This neuroscientist is fighting sexual harassment in science – but her own job is in peril – Science (By Meredith Wadmam | February 2019)

(US) ‘It’s time for systemic change’: Scientific leaders urge new efforts to curb sexual harassment in the field – STAT (Megan Thielking | September 2018)

(US) NIH set to strengthen its sexual-harassment policies – Nature (Sara Reardon | September 2018)

#UsToo movement targets sexual harassment in science – Chemistry World (Rebecca Trager | February 2018)

Harassment in the Field – Inside Higher Ed (Colleen Flaherty | October 2017)

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