REDACTED -IC Petrojam Investigation - Donations October 2019 final

Page 108 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 Analyses, Reporting and Data Quality. The cheque, which was made payable to the Scientific Research Council, by Petrojam Limited was dated January 19, 2018. The DI’s review of Petrojam Limited’s donation files for 2018 revealed no evidence that a request was received from the Scientific Research Council by Petrojam Limited concerning the donation. Dr. Cliff Riley, Executive Director, Scientific Research Council, indicated in his response dated March 5, 2019, to the DI, stated, inter alia , the following: “ I am aware of the request made to Petrojam Ltd dated for funding support to undertake a joint training programme entitled “Capacity Building to Support Data Analyses, Reporting and Data Quality”. The request dated January 8, 2018 was made following discussions held with then Managing Director Mr. Floyd Grindley on June 16, 2017 … During the discussions I indicated some of the challenges the SRC was facing with data quality and experimental designs and the negative impact it was having on the reputation of the Council and the need for capacity building of SRC Researchers to ensure that high quality data is generated and communicated within the scientific and public domains. He then indicated that a formal request in the form of a proposal could be submitted to Petrojam Ltd. for funding consideration . Subsequent to this both myself and the Manager for Research and Development at the SRC, Dr. Charah Watson developed the proposal which was submitted to Petrojam Ltd. for funding followed by submission of the official signed proposal on January 12, 2018 . ” 82 Dr. Cliff Riley provided a copy of the email of January 12, 2018, and the January 8, 2018, signed proposal concerning the capacity building to support data analyses, reporting and data quality, as 82 Requisition response of Dr. Cliff Riley, Executive Director, Scientific Research Council, dated March 5, 2019. Response 2a.