Committee on Scientific Misconduct Year-End Report 2018-2019 Website: https://umaine.edu/research-compliance/research-misconduct/committee-scientific-misconduct/ Function: Any allegation of “misconduct in research and other scholarly activities” that is made against a member of the faculty or staff or against his/her collaborator(s) requires prompt, thorough and fair review. Misconduct means fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly