Research
Fund Flows
RFF / THE EVIDENCE ATLASINDEPENDENT RESEARCH · 12 SEP 2026

Follow the
funding.Check the
connection.

Not every connection is a money trail. We follow selected research awards through the public record—and keep the missing links visible.

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A financial link needs a financial record.
An affiliation is a different claim.

READ A CONNECTION / FOLLOW ITS EVIDENCE

RECORD 01 / HISTORICAL SUBAWARDDOCUMENTED PATH

NIHFederal funder

↓ R01AI110964 Award identifier

EcoHealth AlliancePrime recipient

↓ REPORTED SUBAWARD Independent audit bridge

Wuhan Institute
of VirologyNamed subrecipient

One path. Two totals. WIV-labelled rows total $598,500; the OIG table reports $598,611. The $111 difference remains unresolved.

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RECORD 02 / CONTROL CASEKEEP LINKS SEPARATE

Selected federal awardDocumented award

↓ AWARD RECIPIENT This link is established

Duke UniversityU.S. institution

⋮ INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIP Not an award-specific transfer

Duke Kunshan UniversitySeparate relationship

The funding trail stops. A grant and a partnership are both real. These records do not establish that this award funded the partnership.

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RECORD 03 / PROJECT 133181WITHDRAWN

Innovate UK competition2017 selection

⋮ £12,530 PROPOSED A proposal, not a payment

Centre for Integrated
PhotonicsCompany 04905488

↓ LATER OFFICIAL WORKBOOK Same project identifier

Project withdrawnNo paid grant established

Status changes the story. Huawei UK control is separately documented. Neither record establishes a paid grant to a parent company.

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THE COLLECTION / 01—03

Case files.

Different evidence problems, the same rule:
never make the next link without its source.

02TECHNOLOGY
12 SEP 2026
New / Photonics · United Kingdom

A proposed photonics grant.
A withdrawn project.

A 2017 competition proposed £12,530 for the Centre for Integrated Photonics. The later official workbook marks the identifier-matched project Withdrawn. Huawei UK control is separately documented; neither record establishes a paid grant to a parent company.

Conditional selection ≠ paymentCompany-ID match
Read edition 02 →PDF ↓Source rows ↓
PROPOSED GRANT£12,530
LATER PROJECT STATUSWithdrawnNot a payment claim.
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01BIOMEDICAL
12 SEP 2026
Funding trace + affiliation control · United States / China

A documented funding path.
A partnership that is not one.

The historical NIH → EcoHealth → WIV subaward has an independent audit bridge and an unresolved $111 difference. A selected Duke award and the Duke–Kunshan partnership are real facts—but these records do not connect that award to DKU.

Reported subaward establishedNo award-specific DKU transfer established
Read edition 01 →PDF ↓Amount ledger ↓
WIV-LABELLED ROW TOTAL$598,500
OIG TABLE 7$598,611Different source observations.
Difference unresolved ↗
AN EVIDENCE STANDARD, NOT A LABEL

Every line
has to earn its place.

Funding, ownership, institutional affiliation, party governance and military relationships are distinct questions. Evidence for one does not answer the others.

Read the method →
  1. Match the identity.A stable award or company number beats a familiar name.
  2. Name the measure.A proposed grant, obligation, reported spend and cash payment are not interchangeable.
  3. Keep the stopping point.Missing records stay missing. A relationship never becomes an invented transfer.
  4. Leave a correction trail.Preserve discrepancies and date every material revision.
INSPECT IT YOURSELF

The source trail
is part of the story.

Each edition includes a complete report, original-source links, precise locators and structured extracts. No account or JavaScript is needed to read this collection.

These cases do not estimate worldwide funding flows or determine misconduct. They are dated, bounded public-record assessments.

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