University Failed to Disclose Research Funding From Chinese Big Tech, DOJ Alleges

Published on July 17, 2024

The University of Maryland (UMD) will pay the federal government $500,000 after its researchers allegedly failed to disclose funding from Chinese tech giants on their proposals for federal research grants. The settlement resolves allegations involving three faculty members at UMD’s flagship College Park campus, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a July 16 press release. Federal prosecutors alleged that the researchers, who collectively received five federal research grants between 2015 and 2020, were also the principal investigators on projects funded by three Chinese companies: Huawei, Taobao, and Alibaba. For Huawei, a smartphone and electric vehicle manufacturer whose ties with the Chinese military have triggered increasing scrutiny, the Maryland researcher was studying “high energy density FeF3 (iron fluoride) conversion cathode materials and Li (lithium) metal anodes,” according to the Justice Department....

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