Scientific Integrity Fund
Scientific Integrity Fund
The Scientific Integrity Fund aspires to set a precedent for ethical conduct in scientific research, reinforcing transparency, and trust across the community.
The Scientific Integrity Fund aspires to set a precedent for ethical conduct in scientific research, reinforcing transparency, and trust across the community.
Our Focus Areas
Our Focus
Areas
Our Focus Areas
Provide Legal Assistance
and Financial Support
Provide Legal Assistance
and Financial Support
We seek to cover legal expenses for those facing lawsuits or other legal challenges as a result of exposing scientific fraud. Each grant will be capped at $25,000.
Cover legal expenses for those facing lawsuits or other legal challenges as a result of exposing scientific fraud. Each grant will be capped at $2,500.
Community Awareness
Community
Awareness
The fund aims to educate the public and raise awareness about the detrimental effects of academic fraud. The fund will extend its support to student journalists covering stories that make academic fraud cases accessible to other students and the wider community.
The fund aims to educate the public and raise awareness about the detrimental effects of academic fraud. The fund will extend its support to student journalists covering stories that make academic fraud cases accessible to other students and the wider community.
Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility Requirements
Legal Aid
Legal Aid
Legal Aid
Legal Aid Eligibility Requirements:
Concrete legal threats, evidence-based scientific integrity research, researchers based in the US or Canada. We do not fund legal threats that have not materialized, past cases, or cases involving authorship disputes.
Legal Aid Eligibility Requirements:
Concrete legal threats, evidence-based scientific integrity research, researchers based in the US or Canada. We do not fund legal threats that have not materialized, past cases, or cases involving authorship disputes.
Community Awareness
Community
Awareness
Community Awareness
Community Awareness Grant Eligibility Requirements: Applicants must be students at a college or university. Applications must specify a project that raises community awareness about scientific fraud or misconduct through journalism. The project can be planned or already completed. For planned projects, the applicant should have confirmation from a journalistic publication (e.g., student newspaper) that their piece has been invited for publication.
Community Awareness Grant Eligibility Requirements: Applicants must be students at a college or university. Applications must specify a project that raises community awareness about scientific fraud or misconduct through journalism. The project can be planned or already completed. For planned projects, the applicant should have confirmation from a journalistic publication (e.g., student newspaper) that their piece has been invited for publication.
© 2023 University Impact
© 2023 University Impact
Community
Awareness
The fund aims to educate the public and raise awareness about the detrimental effects of academic fraud. The fund will extend its support to student journalists working with whistleblowers to make academic fraud exposure cases accessible to other students and the wider community. Each grant will be capped at $2,500
