The vice chancellor for research at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill has admitted to plagiarizing text in an NIH grant application, according to a US federal regulator.
Terry Magnuson, who serves as Kay M. & Van L. Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor of Genetics at UNC-Chapel Hill and Vice Chancellor for Research, “committed to research misconduct by intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly plagiarizing text ‘ of two guides, material from a company that makes sequencing kits, and a review article, according to the US Office of Research Integrity.
Magnuson submitted the plagiarism claim on March 1, 2021. He only received NIH funding in August and has been a principal investigator for more than $50 million in agency grants over the course of his career.
In announcing Magnuson’s reappointment as Vice Chancellor last year, UNC Provost Robert Blouin said:
Terry is a world-class scientist who possesses the strength, compassion, and kindness that permeate Carolina’s research ecosystem. Remarkably, Carolina’s research organization has grown each year under Terry’s leadership and now exceeds $1 billion in research awards and spending annually.
Magnuson, who agreed to “have his research supervised from February 25, 2022 to January 5, 2024,” did not immediately respond to a request for comment. According to public records, he earned $625,000 in 2019.
The finding of wrongdoing is the first of 2022 for the ORI, which had only made three findings in the past year.
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