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

Public funding.
Overseas ties.
Follow the proof.

When research money crosses institutions and borders, the first recipient is only part of the story. Trace the funding, the organizations behind it, and what the public record actually proves.

Follow NIH → EcoHealth → WIVCompare the case files ↘

Three selected cases. Two dated editions.
Funding, ownership and affiliation—kept separate.

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

U.S. research funding reached a Wuhan laboratory through a subaward. Public award records and an independent audit connect NIH, EcoHealth Alliance and WIV. That establishes a funding path—not, by itself, misconduct or government direction of the research.

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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.

Read the photonics file ↗
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THE COLLECTION / THREE SELECTED CASES

Follow a claim.
See where it leads.

Who received the funding? Who controls the organization? What does the connection actually establish?

01BIOMEDICAL
12 SEP 2026
Funding trace + affiliation control · United States / China

From NIH to a Wuhan laboratory.
Follow the documented subaward.

The prime award names EcoHealth Alliance. Subaward records and an independent audit show the next step to WIV. A separate Duke–Kunshan comparison tests the opposite problem: a real university partnership does not establish that a particular award funded it.

Reported subaward establishedNo award-specific DKU transfer established
Read edition 01 →PDF ↓Amount ledger ↓
DOCUMENTED FUNDING PATHNIH → EHA → WIV
CHECK THE EVIDENCEAward + subaward + auditAmounts, source differences and limits stay in the report.
Inspect the amount ledger ↗
02TECHNOLOGY
12 SEP 2026
New / Photonics · United Kingdom

A Huawei-controlled company.
But was the grant ever paid?

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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Three questions. Three different answers.

01 / DOCUMENTED SUBAWARDDid NIH funding reach WIV?

Yes, through the examined EcoHealth subaward records. Follow the audit bridge →

02 / AFFILIATION CONTROLDoes a Duke award establish funding to DKU?

Not in the examined records. See why the partnership is a different claim →

03 / WITHDRAWN PROPOSALDoes a grant listing prove payment?

No. The matched photonics project was withdrawn. Check the later status →

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.

Corrections & edition history →