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Power of the Purse

February 09, 2018 / PSU-AAUP

Inside Higher Ed
By Colleen Flaherty
February 9, 2018

Institutions will now have to tell the National Science Foundation when a principal investigator, co-PI or any other grant "personnel" are found to have committed sexual misconduct or harassment of any kind -- or when the allegations against a PI or co-PI are severe enough to warrant suspension during a campus investigation.

The change, announced Thursday, is one of the ways the NSF hopes to foster the kinds of positive research climates that keep students in science, France Cordova, foundation director, said during a news conference.

Read the full article at the Inside Higher Ed website here.