“Research misconduct” means fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results.

• a) Fabrication is making up data or results and recording or reporting them.
• b) Falsification is manipulating research materials, equipment, or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the research is not accurately represented in the research record.
• c) Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person's ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.
   

Matters involving allegations of research misconduct will be handled according to the UVM policies outlined in Misconduct in Research (PDF).

View, print, reproduce and post in your lab our Responsible Conduct of Research poster (PDF).

Research misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.

If you have a question with respect to possible research misconduct or if you suspect or know anyone that is or may be involved in research misconduct, you can file an allegation in one of the following ways:

• Call or make an on-line report to UVM Ethics and Compliance Reporting and Help Line. Ph: 1-800-461-9330.
• Call or email your Department Chairperson
• Call or email the Office of the Vice President for Research
• Call or email the Office of General Council

The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) oversees and directs Public Health Service (PHS) research integrity activities on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the exception of the regulatory research integrity activities of the Food and Drug Administration.

NSF's Research Misconduct regulation is found at 45 CFR 689 (PDF).

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