NSF Research Security Training

NSF Research Security Training

Apr 07, 2025

NSF Research Security Training The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense, is offering online research security training to the research commun...

NSF Foreign Financial Disclosure Report Requirements

NSF Foreign Financial Disclosure Report Requirements

Nov 06, 2024

Aug 2024 NSF Update - Ft. Jean Feldman, Head, Policy Office, NSF NSF Foreign Financial Disclosure Report Requirements...

The Office of Research Integrity updates videos: The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct and The Research Clinic

The Office of Research Integrity updates videos: The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct and The Research Clinic

Oct 03, 2024

October 1, 2024  To stakeholders, institutions, and colleagues:ORI updated the interactive videos The Lab and The Research Clinic to better reflect current workplace environments and concerns, including issues related to div...

Memorandum M-23-16: Software Producers Offering Third-Party Software to NASA for Purchase and/or Use

Memorandum M-23-16: Software Producers Offering Third-Party Software to NASA for Purchase and/or Use

Jul 23, 2024

Update to January 2023 Supplier Documentation Requirements for Software Producers Offering Third-Party Software to NASA for Purchase and/or Use On January 23, 2023, NASA issued a memorandum to communicate requirements documented in OMB Memorandum M-...

OSTP Releases Guidelines for Research Security Programs at Covered Institutions

OSTP Releases Guidelines for Research Security Programs at Covered Institutions

Jul 22, 2024

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Releases Guidelines for Research Security Programs at Covered Institutions The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued guidelines to federal research agencies on research secur...

Addressing Undue Foreign Influence and Enhancing Research Security

Addressing Undue Foreign Influence and Enhancing Research Security

May 02, 2024

MEMORANDUM Subject: Addressing Undue Foreign Influence and Enhancing Research Security Effective April 1, 2024 Federal and state agencies continue to express concerns about transfers of federally funded research and other IP from US universities a...

Countering Unwanted Foreign Influence in Department-Funded Research at Institutions of Higher Education

Countering Unwanted Foreign Influence in Department-Funded Research at Institutions of Higher Education

Apr 24, 2024

Department of Defense Strengthening Efforts to Counter Unwanted Foreign Influence on DOD-Funded Research at Institutions of Higher Education The Department of Defense announced the publication of a list of foreign entities that have been confirmed a...

Overview of Department of Defense Statement

Overview of Department of Defense Statement

Apr 24, 2024

DOD’s requirement for review of fundamental research projects On June 29, 2023, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued materials (“DOD Materials”) concerning theDOD’s requirement for review of fundamental research projects for conflicts of i...

JASON Urges Caution in Adding New Research Security Controls

JASON Urges Caution in Adding New Research Security Controls

Apr 24, 2024

NSF announcement on JASON report: Safeguarding the Research Enterprise The U.S. National Science Foundation released the latest report by JASON, an independent science advisory group, Safeguarding the Research Enterprise. Building on the F...

executive order aimed at protecting Americans’ sensitive data from China, other ‘hostile countries’

executive order aimed at protecting Americans’ sensitive data from China, other ‘hostile countries’

Apr 24, 2024

Biden issues executive order aimed at protecting Americans’ sensitive data from China, other ‘hostile countries’ (CNBC)  The order focuses on specific, sensitive information like genomic data, biometric data, personal health data, geoloca...