Today, it is unarguable that numbers of research outcomes are highly proliferating, with very huge number being sponsored with grant funding. Again, one of the formidable challenges militating against research translation is irreproducibility of study outcomes after follow-ups. What are the solutions to prevent frivolous activities in scientific community, should academic institutions or individual grant awardees be compelled to return the grant money used to fund those studies?
A grant is an award, or a type of gift, which never needs to be returned
Andrew Paul McKenzie Pegman Dr., thank you for the noble response. I would also like to ask, is feedback not needed after such an award?. Is an outcome of a study not interested/concerned to the grant awarders?.
Sometimes feedback is required if it is a prerequisite of the grant, but usually not
This is a good question to which I think Andrew Paul McKenzie Pegman answers are poor. I do not know the answer but I do know that the proliferation of dishonest results is a big problem with much real research time being wasted in order to deal with it. Further look at the death's caused by the initial apparently fake anti-vaccination paper.. If anyone thinks this is a minor problem See:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Examples+of+published+fake+research&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS874US874&oq=Examples+of+published+fake+research&aqs=chrome..69i57.24831j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
As one of my profs once said,"People say honesty is the best policy but in science it is the only policy".
Somehow this must be dealt with. D. Booth
David Eugene Booth my answers are not poor. At least I have an opinion. You just say you don’t know
Andrew Paul McKenzie Pegman my respected Doc., I think what David Eugene Booth Prof (Emeritus) is conveying there is a good message of strictness to safe the research community from unforeseen danger that when it befalls on health issues, the consequence may be unbearable to us, all. Prof. only opposed your way of handling (answering) such an important question (message) in a free-for-all style, if I get his tone well. Sorry, if that "poor" there sounds too harsh.
Kamoru A. Adedokun Thank you! My answers may be short, but they’re not poor or casual :)
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