I’m not sure what it is about the Alzheimer’s field, but we just learned of yet another long series of apparent fraud by one of the field’s putative leaders.
What gets neglected in this mix is that compared to “publication fraud” (as exemplified here, an even bigger and more common fraud is pre-grant submission fraud.
As an individual who lost his career to that type of academic fraud, I would recommend that oversight authorities both comment and investigate to point out individuals who have been reported in that category.
The way this works is that individuals are given indescript academic “titles” that are only enforceable within the framework of University Processes, but which the University chooses not to enforce. Those individuals are used for services and expertise that are utilized for NIH or other agency funding, but are left off the grant applications by savvy (some may even say brilliant) administrators. This enables to bring these individuals to executive control of local universities in control of millions/and perhaps billions of dollars over consecutive years of funding.
There are many kinds of fraud.
What gets neglected in this mix is that compared to “publication fraud” (as exemplified here, an even bigger and more common fraud is pre-grant submission fraud.
As an individual who lost his career to that type of academic fraud, I would recommend that oversight authorities both comment and investigate to point out individuals who have been reported in that category.
The way this works is that individuals are given indescript academic “titles” that are only enforceable within the framework of University Processes, but which the University chooses not to enforce. Those individuals are used for services and expertise that are utilized for NIH or other agency funding, but are left off the grant applications by savvy (some may even say brilliant) administrators. This enables to bring these individuals to executive control of local universities in control of millions/and perhaps billions of dollars over consecutive years of funding.
Stuart, am I alone in this sort of exploitation?