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
>> >
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