Stanford reached a $1.9 million settlement with the federal government over claims that the University knowingly concealed faculty members’ “current and pending support from foreign sources” on research grant proposals, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Oct. 2. No determination of liability has been made and the claims resolved by the settlement are solely allegations.
The government alleged under the False Claims Act that 16 proposals — submitted to the Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) between July 2015 and December 2020 — failed to disclose foreign funding that assisted 11 principal investigators (PIs), or lead researchers.
Some Stanford professors told The Daily they were unaware their grant proposals were included in the settlement and expressed confusion over the allegedly undisclosed sources of foreign support.
The allegations come amid the DOJ’s expressed efforts to combat foreign influence within U.S. research universities. Stanford professors whose grants were listed in the deal expressed concerns that the settlement could create a false appearance of misconduct and damage their reputations.
The deal settled additional claims that seven proposals to the Army, Air Force and NSF failed to disclose sources of foreign support backing Stanford chemistry professor Richard Zare. According to the settlement, Zare was employed at Fudan University, a national public university in China, and received funding from the National...
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