Lecturer A and Dean B from University 1 suspected Researcher C from University 2 and two other persons of inappropriately impeding a researcher's career. According to A, C and their associates had made unfounded claims of plagiarism and attempted to influence a research funding organisation so that it would stop funding A's research project.
The Rector of University 2 decided, based on a preliminary inquiry, that the impeding of the researcher's career could not be proven and there were no grounds to launch an investigation proper. In their request for a statement from TENK, Lecturer A claimed that the connection of Researcher C's close relative, D, to the case proved that inappropriate impeding had taken place.
According to TENK, the materials presented by the complainant, based on which the party that emailed the funding organisation was a relative of the respondent who had also worked on joint projects, did not transfer responsibility for the actions to the respondent. According to TENK, there was no evidence that the respondents had been proactive in the matter.