[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1275.101]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1275_RESEARCH MISCONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1275.101  Definitions.

    (a) Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, or 
plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in 
reporting research results. Research misconduct does not include honest 
error or differences of opinion. Research as used in this part includes 
all basic, applied, and demonstration research in all fields of science, 
engineering, and mathematics, including, but not limited to, research in 
economics, education, linguistics, medicine, psychology, social 
sciences, statistics, and research involving human subjects or animals.
    (b) Fabrication means making up data or results and recording or 
reporting them.
    (c) Falsification means manipulating research materials, equipment, 
or processes, or changing or omitting data or results such that the 
research is not accurately represented in the research record.
    (d) Plagiarism means the appropriation of another person's ideas, 
processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit.
    (e) Awardee institution means any public or private entity or 
organization (including a Federal, State, or local agency) that is a 
party to a NASA contract, grant, cooperative agreement, Space Act 
agreement, or to any other transaction with NASA, whose purpose includes 
the conduct of research.
    (f) NASA research means research wholly or partially funded or 
supported by NASA involving an awardee institution or a NASA 
installation. This definition includes research wholly or partially 
funded by NASA appropriated funds, or research involving the use of NASA 
facilities, equipment, or personnel.
    (g) NASA research discipline means one of the following areas of 
research that together comprise NASA's research mission for aeronautics, 
space science, Earth science, biomedicine, biology, engineering and 
physical sciences (physics and chemistry).
    (h) Inquiry means the assessment of whether an allegation of 
research misconduct has substance and warrants an investigation.
    (i) Investigation means the formal development of a factual record 
and the examination of that record leading to recommended findings on 
whether research misconduct has occurred, and if the recommended 
findings are that such conduct has occurred, to include recommendations 
on appropriate administrative actions.
    (j) Complainant is the individual bringing an allegation of research 
misconduct related to NASA research.
    (k) Respondent is the individual or institution who is the subject 
of an allegation of research misconduct related to NASA research.
    (l) Adjudication means the formal procedure for reviewing and 
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the investigation report and the accompanying evidentiary record and for 
determining whether to accept the recommended findings and any 
recommendations for administrative actions resulting from the 
investigation.
    (m) NASA Adjudication Official is the NASA Associate Administrator 
for the Enterprise with the greatest expertise in the NASA research 
discipline involved in the research misconduct allegation. The appendix 
to this part contains the list of NASA research disciplines and their 
associated Enterprises.
    (n) Appeal means the formal procedure initiated at the request of 
the Respondent for review of a determination resulting from the 
adjudication and for affirming, overturning, or modifying it.
    (o) NASA Appeals Official is the NASA Deputy Administrator or other 
official designated by the NASA Administrator.