An Update on Implementing ACD Recommendations on Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment

We presented real-life scenarios presented during the ACD meeting to help put the data into perspective. Have a look at the cases.
Table 2

Finding / Outcome
Sexual Harassment Only
Other

Total N (%)
192 (61.1)
122 (38.9)

Letter to Institution
131 (68.2)
95 (77.9)

Formal Investigation
111 (57.8)
50 (41.0)

Title IX Referral
46 (24.0)
20 (16.4)

Allegation Substantiated
48 (25.0)
23 (18.9)

PI Removed
54 (28.1)
21 (17.2)

Other Grant Actions
22 (11.5)
5 (4.1)

Safety Actions
32 (16.7)
26 (21.3)

Left Institution
50 (26.0)
11 (9.0)

Removed from Peer Review
87 (45.3)
38 (31.1)

Closed or Resolved
163 (84.9)
105 (86.1)

Addressing sexual harassment is part of the NIH’s wider effort to promote and ensure safe, respectful, diverse, and inclusive work environments at recipient institutions. Responding to this broader effort and largely stemming from the ACD recommendations, the NIH has also implemented several strategies, including:

Publishing NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-21-053 that provides updated guidelines for enhancing diversity and creating safe environments in NIH-supported conferences, which we blogged about earlier this year.
Launching the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health challenge prize competition to enhance gender diversity in academia, possibly awarding up to 10 prizes of $50,000 each. This prize acknowledges and recognizes transformative approaches, systems, projects, programs, and processes that have successfully enhanced and sustained gende...

Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 29, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike anti-sexual harassment Source Type: funding