These 12 guides are designed to help researchers understand their employer’s policy and navigate the process of filing a scientific integrity complaint.
SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY
These resources help scientists understand how research institutions and federal agencies approach scientific integrity—and how to strengthen these policies.
Guides to Scientific Integrity at Federal Agencies
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A Quick Guide to the Scientific Integrity Policies of Universities, State Agencies, and International Institutions
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This guide helps scientists understand how U.S. universities, state agencies, and international institutions approach scientific integrity.
Model Scientific Integrity Policy for Agencies, Universities, and Other Research Institutions
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Research institutions can use this free model language to adopt strong, comprehensive scientific integrity policies.
News & Updates

Scientists strive to be apolitical, but they can’t keep politics out of their labs
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September 14, 2025
One needs a scorecard to track the devastation wreaked on scientific efforts by the current administration. As it happens, one exists: the Silencing Science Tracker, co-managed by CSLDF and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

Podcast: Trump gets rude awakening as organization fights back
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September 8, 2025
Lauren Kurtz (CSLDF) joins Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to talk about CSLDF’s work to protect scientists against all kinds of attacks, how their work has changed since the first Trump administration, and just how difficult it has become in the second.

Offshore Wind Opponents Target Work of Brown University Researcher
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August 25, 2025
A law firm with ties to the conservative movement has asked for the retraction of research on opposition to offshore wind, saying it is preparing to escalate the matter to the Trump administration.
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