You can report fraud to the ORI (Office of Research Integrity) and they won't do a thing about it. They won't open an independent audit of any federally-funded

You can report fraud to the ORI (Office of Research Integrity) and they won't do a thing about it. They won't open an independent audit of any federally-funded academic researcher until after the fraud has been publicly exposed in the media, as this one has been. Even then: > "The agency’s reply, which Schrag shared with Science, noted that complaints deemed credible will go to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Research Integrity (ORI) for review. That agency could then instruct grantee universities to investigate prior to a final ORI review, a process that can take years and remains confidential absent an official misconduct finding. To Science, NIH said it takes research misconduct seriously, but otherwise declined to comment." https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabrication-research-images-threatens-key-theory-alzheimers-disease https://www.science.org/content/article/potential-fabricatio... There is simply no willingness on the part of federal funding agencies to investigate their own grantees after they receive credible evidence of fraud.