NASA had gotten the research it paid for

[GoodTaste]

For Lieber to be found guilty of lying to DOD and NIH, the prosecution must prove he knew his statements were false and that the information was germane to his grants from those agencies. In Anming Hu’s case, U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan found Hu hadn’t intentionally misled NA also said noted university officials had assured Hu that NASA rules on working with China didn’t apply to his research project and found that NASA had gotten the research it paid for, rejecting the government’s argument that Hu had defrauded the agenc

Source: Science

What does "gotten the research" mean? It sounds as if it means "controlled all the data of the research". I am not sure.

 

[teechar]

No. It means that the research that NASA had paid for was done/conducted and was given to NASA.