NIH takes the issue of protecting the integrity of U.S. biomedical research seriously. When issues of noncompliance are identified, NIH will take action as outlined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, Section 8.5. This may include withdrawing approval of the Program Director/Principal Investigator or other researchers contributing to the NIH award, imposing specific award conditions, disallowing costs, withholding future awards including the possibility of suspending or terminating the award.