Sanctions imposed by research agency on Duke University lifted

The US government’s biomedical research agency, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has agreed to remove grant restrictions that it imposed on Duke University in North Carolina in early 2018 amid very public allegations of scientific misconduct and safety lapses. These sanctions had required, for example, that Duke researchers applying for NIH grants with annual budgets of less than $250,000 (£190,000) submit a detailed proposed budget, and that they obtain explicit permission from the NIH before extending grant budget periods or transferring any leftover funds into the next budget period.