Law in the laboratory: a guide to the ethics of federally funded science research

Abstract

The National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation together fund more than 40 billon of research annually in the United States and around the globe. These large public expenditures come with strings, including a complex set of laws and guidelines that regulate how scientists may use NIH and NSF funds, how federally funded research may be conducted, and who may have access to or own the product of the research.Until now, researchers have had little instruction on the nature of these laws and how they work. But now, with Robert P. Charrow's Law in the Laboratory, they have a r