PRECISELY!!! The Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute ITSELF was created via the Florida law suit against the tobacco industry; settlement included $300M for establishment of a medical research foundation! [http://www.famri.org/history/index.asp] I guess some money loses its bad smell during judicial system laundering. At 02:17 PM 10/8/02 -0400, you wrote: >I'm not positive but isn't the "tobacco settlement" money that went to state >governments from the tobacco companies? In this case, should the >institution also refrain from applying for money from the settlement through >their state? > >Ruth Tallman >Office of Research and Sponsored Programs >Lehigh University >526 Brodhead Avenue >Bethlehem, PA 18015 >Phone: (610)758-3024 >FAX: (610)758-5994 >E-mail: xxxxxx@lehigh.edu > > > >"Baumann, John" wrote: > >> I have recently seen a set of guidelines from a funding source that >> specifically stated as an eligibility criteria that the applicant >> organization could not have received grants, contracts, or gifts from >> tobacco or tobacco related sources. As this was several weeks or months >> ago, I do not remember the exact funding source; but I will try to find >> it in our files. >> >> John >> >> John R. Baumann, Ph.D. >> Director >> Office of Sponsored Programs & Research Support >> University of Missouri -- Kansas City >> 5100 Rockhill Road (US Postal Service) >> 5211 Rockhill Road (Express Delivery) >> Kansas City, MO 64110 >> >> 816.235.1303 (v) >> 816.235.6532 (f) >> xxxxxx@umkc.edu >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vincelli, Diana [mailto:xxxxxx@RICHMOND.EDU] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:28 PM >> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG >> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Policies on Funding from Tobacco Companies >> >> Tom, I'd like to hear more about this statement: "Now >> >we've become aware that some funding agencies (non-tobacco sponsors) >> >are beginning to restrict applicant eligibility to those institutions >> >that HAVE NOT accepted funding from the tobacco industry." >> >> At the Univ of Richmond, a private school in Virginia, we do not have >> restrictions against tobacco money, and have received grants from Philip >> Morris in the past for arts programs. Diana Vincelli University of >> Richmond >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Charlie Hathaway [mailto:xxxxxx@AECOM.YU.EDU] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:30 PM >> To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG >> Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] Policies on Funding from Tobacco Companies >> >> I think your investigation should consider the wisdom of a policy in >> reaction to the capriciousness of certain funders. You mention the >> issue of tobacco subsidiaries and how similar arguments could be used to >> prevent eligibility to alcohol industry funds. If we broaden the scope >> of the hysteria, the list is certainly longer. Why not include the >> entire pharmaceutical industry? Are they looking for truly >> revolutionary new types of agents to cure disease or just more data to >> support marketing claims? >> >> These may seem like tricky ethical questions. But I would like to think >> that our main concern should be with promoting and enforcing objectivity >> in the design, conduct, and reporting of research regardless of the >> source of funding. >> >> Charlie Hathaway >> >> At 12:26 PM 10/8/02 -0400, you wrote: >> >Good Afternoon, >> > >> >At Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, we are in the >> >very early stages of investigating the appropriateness of developing a >> >policy which would prohibit investigators from obtaining support from >> >tobacco companies or tobacco-related organizations. I'm interested in >> >hearing what other institutions have done or are contemplating. Until >> >recently, none of our investigators have ever expressed an interest in >> >tobacco funding. Now we've become aware that some funding agencies >> >(non-tobacco sponsors) are beginning to restrict applicant eligibility >> >to those institutions that HAVE NOT accepted funding from the tobacco >> >industry. Please note, BGSU does not include a medical school, but we >> >have a number of life science/social behavioral units that conduct >> >research in biomedical areas. >> > >> >I'd be interested in knowing: >> > >> >1. Does your institution have a policy prohibiting the acceptance of >> >tobacco industry funding? If so, can you direct me to a copy? Is there >> >a formal review process/review board? >> > >> >2. If you are a state institution, was the implementation or decision >> >to draft such a policy driven by state initiatives and/or tobacco >> >settlement funds allocated for research (or other funds to higher >> >education)? >> > >> >3. Do such policies fall under your compliance office, office of >> >development, sponsored research office, or elsewhere? >> > >> >4. Companies such as Philip Morris are huge multi-national entities. >> >Does an institutional policy prohibit funding from ALL subsidiaries and >> >> >brands of such a company--Kraft, Maxwell House, Post, etc.--or just the >> >> >Philip Morris External Research Program, for example? >> > >> >5. Research in one area can often lead to scientific breakthroughs in >> >others. Was there any discussion about how such a policy might >> >adversely impact academic freedom? If so, how was this issue addressed? >> > >> >6. The tobacco industry would appear to present a fairly clear and >> >direct scenario wherein in the continued use of the product can result >> >in ill health or even death; and there seems to be a perception that >> >research support from such an industry would only support that >> >industry's best interests. From the perspective of your own >> >institutions, do such policies lead elsewhere? For example, while >> >alcohol abuse is not the inevitable result of moderate drinking, binge >> >drinking is a concern across many campuses; yet academic researchers >> >receive funding from sources such as the Alcoholic Beverage Medical >> >Research Foundation, established by the malt beverage industries of the >> >> >US and Canada. Do any of your institutions have policies governing >> >funding from other industry sectors which could involve thorny moral >> >issues? >> > >> >...any other insights would be most appreciated. >> > >> >Thanks in advance. >> > >> >Tom >> > >> >Tom Kornacki >> >Associate Director >> >Office of Sponsored Programs and Research >> >Bowling Green State University >> >106 University Hall >> >Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 >> >419-372-2481; 419-372-0304 (fax) >> >xxxxxx@bgnet.bgsu.edu >> >http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/spar >> > >> > >> >====================================================================== >> > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> >====================================================================== >> > >> > >> >> ====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> ====================================================================== >> >> ====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> ====================================================================== >> >> ====================================================================== >> Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >> subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >> via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >> ====================================================================== > > >====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================
