Rachel Hardeman, until recently the the director of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the University of Minnesota, is a member of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2024. Unfortunately, in what's become a frequent development in academia world, she plagierized the work of a fellow researcher, Bridgette Davis, in a submittal for a grant from the NIH. While Davis's article was written in 2019 she didn't realize until recently that the Hardeman work was almost a verbatim copy of her own. Hardeman has since resigned.
Since Hardeman's departure the University of Minnesota has decided to close the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity.
What are the consequences for using fraud to apply for federal funds? Are academics ineligible for prosecution when lying to obtain research grants? How much effort do universities exert in guaranteeing the truth of applications for grants? Why isn't Hardeman out on bail right now?
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