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Johns Hopkins University

Erroneous Grant Charges

Date: 02/26/2004 (Date of Settlement Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Government Grant Fraud

Enforcement Agency: Health and Human Servs.

Contracting Party: Health and Human Servs.

Court Type: Civil

Amount: $2,664,155

Disposition: Settlement

Synopsis: Johns Hopkins settled civil claims by the U.S. Department of Justice related to the administration of NIH clinical research and other services grants at its Bayview Medical Center from January 1994 through December 2001. The case concerned allegations that there were erroneous charges to certain grants performed at Bayview with respect to the allocation of personnel time and the calculation of fringe benefits. As part of the settlement, which does not include any admission of liability, Hopkins agreed to pay $2,076,882 in addition to $587,273 already paid.