Controversy over a professor's failure to disclose financial ties to a drilling company while leading an academic study has erupted at the University of Texas at Austin. The professor, Dr. Charles "Chip" Groat, has called the charges unfounded and overblown. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.
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Elaine Dennis Adkison via Texas Tribune on Facebook
THIS is why those are fair! NOT!
Audrey Fisher via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The uproar is about the undocumented personal compensation of $1.5M - not the subsidy to do the study via grant. That is why there are declarations by most scientists that say if they are in ANY WAY affiliated or benefit personally from a study.