{"id":8361,"date":"2025-07-25T17:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/?p=8361"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:36:03","slug":"nih-notice-research-misconduct-risks-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/2025\/07\/25\/nih-notice-research-misconduct-risks-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH Notice: Research Misconduct Risks of AI \u2013 July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 17, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued notice <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/notice-files\/NOT-OD-25-132.html\">NOT-OD-25-132 Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications (external link)<\/a>. The notice primarily addresses the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the NIH application process, with a new policy becoming effective September 25, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This NIH notice decisively limits the use of AI in research applications and describes <strong>potential research misconduct risks of using AI<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cResearchers should be aware that using AI comes with its own risks. AI use may result in plagiarism, fabricated citations, or other kinds of research misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond this, NIH also states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf the detection of AI is identified post award, <strong>NIH may refer the matter to the Office of Research Integrity to determine whether there is research misconduct <\/strong>[\u2026].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ori.hhs.gov\/\">Office of Research Integrity (ORI)<\/a> is the federal agency that oversees research misconduct inquiries and investigations for any institutions that receive U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) funding \u2013 such as the University of Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, the NIH notice also has implications for grants and submission limits. Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/\">Office of Research Administration (ORA)<\/a> for further guidance on that topic.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-8361_3654a0-cd .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-8361_3654a0-cd .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-8361_3654a0-cd\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on AI at UMaine, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/ai.umaine.edu\/\">UMaine AI website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on research misconduct, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/research-misconduct\/\">Office of Research Compliance\u2019s Research Misconduct website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 17, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued notice NOT-OD-25-132 Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications (external link). 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