Article: HHS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ISSUES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office of Inspector General issued the following report:

OBJECTIVES

1. To determine the number and nature of financial conflicts of interest reported by grantee institutions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

2. To determine the extent to which NIH oversees grantee institutions' financial conflicts of interest.

BACKGROUND

NIH research grants are awarded through 24 Institutes and Centers (Institutes) that have grant-making authority. Each Institute is responsible for the daily management and oversight of its grants, and each has its own grants management office that handles the grants oversight and administrative functions. ...

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