The Price of Academic Integrity

News Busters, the blog of the Media Research Center, reports that the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) has stated that Michael Mann, a Penn State climatological researcher involved in the recent e-mail scandal, received "$541,184 in economic stimulus funds last June to conduct climate change research." NCPPR has issued a press release criticizing the Obama administration "for awarding a half million dollar grant from the economic stimulus package to Penn State professor Michael Mann, a key figure in the Climategate controversy."  The release states that Professor Mann is currently under investigation by Penn State Univesity "because of activities related to a closed circle of climate scientists who appear to have been engaged in agenda-driven science."