NIH removed more than 70 lab heads from grants after harassment complaints

NIH removed more than 70 lab heads from grants after harassment complaints

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/nih-removed-more-70-lab-heads-grants-after-harassment-complaints

Since early 2018, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has received more than 300 complaints of sexual and other harassment and removed 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.

About two-thirds of the complaints involved sexual harassment allegations; the agency removed 54 PIs 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.