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It is important that the research community, government agencies and our international partners have frequent dialogue to share perspectives and help shape our research security policies and programs. Collaboration is critical to a vibrant science and engineering community, which includes domestic and international collaboration.</p></div> </div> <div class="blockquote__icon blockquote__icon--closing"> <div class="icon__quote icon__quote--closing"> </div> </div> </blockquote> <footer class="cite"> <span class="cite__author"> <div class="field field-quote-attrib">Sethuraman Panchanathan</div> </span> <span class="cite__position"> <div class="field field-quote-position">Director, National Science Foundation</div> </span> </footer> </div> </figure> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--twocol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="why"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="research-security-at-nsf-why-does-it-matter-202" class="text__title">Research security at NSF: Why does it matter?</h2> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>Securing the nation's research enterprise is part of the mission of the U.S. National Science Foundation and is essential to the national defense. NSF works closely on this effort with its funding agency counterparts and with the law enforcement and intelligence communities — consistently emphasizing the importance of balancing research security with international collaboration in science and engineering.</p> <p>NSF has dedicated considerable effort and resources to working with the research community and its other partners to:</p> <ul> <li>Equip researchers with the information and tools necessary to ensure that their work is protected.</li> <li>Clarify security issues and mitigate risks.</li> <li>Foster transparency, disclosure and other practices that reflect the values of research integrity.</li> </ul> <p>NSF's effort has led to ongoing initiatives aimed at clarifying proposal preparation and award administration requirements, as well as the issuance of new policies and directives in the proposal and award process.</p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="case-studies"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1t1174165845" aria-expanded="true" > Case Studies </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1t1174165845" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><h3>Case study 1: Failure to respond to an OIG subpoena related to foreign funding and affiliations </h3><ul><li>An NSF-funded principal investigator is employed by a U.S. organization.</li><li>NSF's Office of Inspector General receives information, including open-source information, that the researcher participates in a foreign talent plan and serves as a faculty member at a foreign organization.</li><li>The PI does not disclose any information about foreign funding/affiliations in NSF proposals, even though that information is required by NSF's Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide.</li><li>NSF's Office of Inspector General issues a subpoena; the researcher produces some documents, including a partial application to a foreign talent program, but, according to the OIG, the documentation provided is insufficient.</li><li>On the OIG's recommendation, NSF suspends the PI's awards to the U.S. organization.</li><li>The researcher, although represented by counsel, resigns from the U.S. organization, and leaves the United States, but fails to fully respond to the subpoena.</li><li>On the OIG's recommendation, NSF imposes a government-wide debarment on the researcher (including a bar on serving as a reviewer, adviser or consultant) for a fixed term. This recommendation is in view of the researcher's failure to respond to the OIG's subpoena (for example, through court action contesting the subpoena or full production of documents) and in view of information indicating that the researcher failed to fully disclose current and pending support in proposals to NSF. At the end of the debarment period, NSF will consider the decision to determine if an extension is necessary to protect the public interest. </li><li>As the PI is no longer involved in the NSF-funded research, NSF lifts the suspension of the awards.</li></ul><p><u>Outcome</u>: While there were no formal proceedings instituted against the researcher in federal court, NSF took three types of actions — award suspension, debarment and lifting of award suspension — at different stages of the OIG's investigation. These actions were tailored to the risk to NSF in view of the information available at the time the action was taken. </p><p> </p><h3>Case study 2: Failure to report extended absences and to respond to an OIG subpoena </h3><ul><li>NSF's Office of Inspector General receives information that an abstract cites an NSF award for support but lists only authors from foreign organizations. One of the co-authors is the principal investigator for the cited award, which was made to a U.S. organization at which the PI is a faculty member.</li><li>Publicly available information indicates that, in succession over a brief period, the PI's proposal is funded, the PI is selected as a foreign talent plan participant, and the PI begins extended leave to visit family in a foreign country. The term of the extended leave corresponds to the time the PI is listed as having a foreign appointment. </li><li>During this same time, the PI also returns to the United States to serve as an NSF panelist.</li><li>The PI does not disclose foreign support or appointments to NSF or to their U.S. organization.  </li><li>The OIG subpoenas the PI for information about employment outside of the U.S. organization. The PI declines, citing restrictions by the PI's foreign employer. </li><li>Based on an OIG recommendation, NSF suspends the award. The organization agrees to terminate, while also returning the funds received after the PI went on leave. </li><li>On the OIG's recommendation, NSF also imposes a bar on the PI serving as an NSF reviewer, adviser or consultant.</li></ul><p><u>Outcome</u>: During the lifecycle of the OIG' s investigation, NSF and the organization took different actions to mitigate risk to NSF, including award suspension and termination, repayment of funds and imposition of a reviewer bar.</p><p> </p><h3>Case study 3: Grant fraud involving a foreign talent plan participant </h3><ul><li>A professor at a U.S. organization founds a company that relies exclusively on federal grants to fund research, including NSF SBIR/STTR funding.</li><li>The professor/founder also begins working as a paid researcher at a foreign organization.</li><li>NSF's Office of Inspector General receives information that the company does not maintain records required to effectively administer the awards and that the <a>awardee</a> provided false information to NSF about its records systems.</li><li>Additional information developed by the Department of Justice and OIG indicates that the funded research had already been completed at the professor/founder's foreign organization.</li><li>As the investigation develops, NSF, on the OIG's recommendations, suspends awards, terminates awards, withholds final payment and reduces an award amount.</li><li>DOJ files a criminal complaint against the professor/founder.</li><li>Based on the OIG's recommendation, NSF imposes a government-wide suspension on the professor/founder and related companies.</li><li>Evidence is presented at trial indicating that grant funds obtained would be used for research the professor/founder knew had already been done overseas. The professor/founder intended to use the grant funds for other company projects rather than for the projects for which the funds were requested. To obstruct the investigation, the professor/founder submitted falsified timesheets to government investigators.</li><li>Information, including a talent plan contract, becomes available at trial that the professor/founder is a foreign talent plan participant.</li><li>DOJ prosecution results in criminal conviction of the professor/founder of one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, three counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction by falsification.</li><li>Based on a recommendation by OIG after the professor/founder's conviction, NSF imposes government-wide debarment and a reviewer bar on the professor/founder and related company for a fixed period.</li></ul><p><u>Outcome</u>: During a multi-year investigation, NSF took several administrative actions well before filings in federal court, based on recommendations by the OIG. These included award suspensions, terminations, withholding the final payment/reduction of an award amount and government-wide suspensions. The investigation resulted in a criminal conviction. Thereafter, on the OIG's recommendation, NSF imposed a government-wide debarment in view of the risk to NSF and the professor/founder's lack of present responsibility.</p><p> </p><h3>Case study 4: NSF and a science association find research security and integrity violations </h3><p>A well-published senior researcher at a U.S.-based institution had four awards terminated, which had award funding totaling more than $1 million. During a thorough NSF Office of Inspector General investigation, it was found that the researcher had multiple undisclosed foreign affiliations in violation of NSF's <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/disclosures_table/jan2022.pdf"><strong>disclosure policies</strong></a>. A scientific association that the researcher belongs to had also convened an independent panel to conduct an investigation based on complaints they received from other association members. </p><p>The scientific association investigation found that the researcher violated the association's peer review process by repeatedly sharing reviewer names and individual scores connected with paper submissions to the association. Additionally, the researcher coerced a co-author to proceed with a manuscript submission to the association, despite the co-author's repeatedly expressed concerns about the correctness of the results reported in that manuscript.</p><p>Lastly, the researcher was part of a talent recruitment plan, which is itself allowable. However, the malign foreign government talent plan affiliation was not disclosed to NSF and there were terms in the talent plan contract that could be linked to both the nondisclosure issues and the concerning behaviors found by the association's investigation. The researcher has since resigned from the U.S. university and left the United States.</p></p> </div> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-2h1241772963" aria-expanded="true" > Learn more about NSF's research security goals </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-2h1241772963" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p>NSF's research security <strong>goals</strong> seek to:</p> <ul> <li>Improve transparency and continue to clarify disclosure requirements.</li> <li>Coordinate with U.S. government interagency partners to harmonize disclosure information to the extent practicable.</li> <li>Communicate and build awareness with the scientific community.</li> <li>Share knowledge and best practices.</li> <li>Mitigate risk through assessment and analysis to better understand the scale and scope of research security threats.</li> </ul></p> </div> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-3C533457477" aria-expanded="true" > SECURE Center and SECURE Analytics </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-3C533457477" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><h3><span>SECURE (Safeguarding the Entire Community in the U.S. Research Ecosystem) Program</span></h3><p><span>Safeguarding U.S. research security is paramount as some foreign entities continue to attempt to exploit American innovation unethically or even unlawfully. The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a five-year $67 million investment in establishing the Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem (SECURE) Center.</span><br><a href="https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-backed-secure-center-will-support-research"><span>View the press release</span></a><span>.</span></p><p><span><strong>Read about the individual awards:</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2403771"><span>SECURE Center (University of Washington)</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2403953"><span>SECURE Analytics (Texas A&M)</span></a></p><p> </p><p><strong>RSI-ISAO Solicitation </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?WT.z_pims_id=506033&ods_key=nsf23613">Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO) Program Solicitation, NSF 23-613</a></p><p> </p><p><span><strong>RSI-ISAO Solicitation Webinar</strong></span></p><ul><li><span>Two identical webinars</span></li><li><span><strong>Registration is required. </strong></span><a href="https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_dPXnOrKFQ-Cqc8fXZLBdQQ" title="https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_dPXnOrKFQ-Cqc8fXZLBdQQ"><span><strong>Register Now</strong></span></a><span><strong>!</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>When:</strong> Monday August 14, 2023 3:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada) and Thursday August 24, 2023 1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)</span></li><li><span><strong>Topic:</strong> Research Security & Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization Solicitation (NSF 23-613)</span></li><li><span>After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><span><strong>RSI-ISAO Solicitation Webinar Recordings</strong></span></p><p><span><strong>August 14, 2023</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/NkgrDczuol_default/index.html?videoId=6334370031112">Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO) Solicitation Webinar (NSF 23-613)</a></p><ul><li> <span data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="bcab5fe8-b5e8-488f-8466-208c81bf840d" data-embed-button="embed_file" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.file" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="media-file--wrapper embedded-entity" data-media-id="10818"> <span class="media media--type-file media--view-mode-file"> <span class="file-link"> <a href="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-08/RSI-ISAO%20Solicitation%20Webinar%20Slides%20For%20Posting.pdf?VersionId=MM.fsjdBjpmabXZ2t9EeaiK2.zVQudNQ">RSI-ISAO Solicitation Webinar Slides <span class="media--file-info">(PDF, 1.77 MB)</span></a> </span> </span> </span> </li></ul><p><span><strong>August 24, 2023</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/NkgrDczuol_default/index.html?videoId=6336238421112">Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO) Solicitation Webinar (NSF 23-613)</a></p><p> </p><p><span><strong>RSI-ISAO Legislation</strong></span></p><p><span>The </span><a href="https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ167/PLAW-117publ167.pdf"><span>CHIPS and Science Act of 2022</span></a><span> (Public Law No. 117-167, Title III, Subtitle D, Sec. 10338), requires the NSF Director to enter into an agreement with a “qualified independent organization” to establish the Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO). This organization will empower members of the research community to address foreign interference issues, support a security-informed decision-making structure, provide government officials with situational awareness, and offer the research community access to USG expertise. Importantly, the organization will offload some of the administrative workload from those it serves and empower them to utilize tools and other capabilities not typically available to them. </span></p><p><span>The specific roles of the RSI-ISAO may be found at </span><a href="https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ167/PLAW-117publ167.pdf"><span>https://www.congress.gov/117/plaws/publ167/PLAW-117publ167.pdf</span></a><span> in Section 10338.</span></p><p><span>The agency is actively working to establish the RSI-ISAO in accordance with the requirement and in an effort to strengthen efforts to secure the national research security ecosystem.</span></p><p> </p><p><span><strong>RSI-ISAO</strong> <strong>DCL</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf23098"><span>Dear Colleague Letter: A Request for Input on the Development of the U.S. Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization </span></a><span> </span></p><p> </p><p><span><strong>RSI-ISAO DCL Webinar Recordings</strong></span></p><p><span><strong>May 18, 2023</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/NkgrDczuol_default/index.html?videoId=6328035850112" title="Stakeholder Engagement on Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO) - May 18, 2023">Stakeholder Engagement on Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO)</a></p><p><strong>May 24, 2023</strong></p><p><a href="https://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/NkgrDczuol_default/index.html?videoId=6328553176112" title="Stakeholder Engagement on Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO) - May 24, 2023">Stakeholder Engagement on Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization (RSI-ISAO)</a></p><ul><li> <span data-langcode="en" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="feb3e86a-d491-4f46-b52f-a5ab16d8c72c" data-embed-button="embed_file" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.file" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="media-file--wrapper embedded-entity" data-media-id="10364"> <span class="media media--type-file media--view-mode-file"> <span class="file-link"> <a href="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-05/RAC%20Webinars%20Presentation_v1_PDF.pdf?VersionId=.gBYQZaoOKiE3W4BBru0ch5yjQ5_9XAQ">RSI-ISAO Webinar Slides <span class="media--file-info">(PDF, 777.01 KB)</span></a> </span> </span> </span> </li></ul><p> </p></p> </div> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-4P582590402" aria-expanded="true" > Research on Research Security Program (RoRS) </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-4P582590402" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p><a href="https://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/responsible-collaboration-through-appropriate-research-security"><span><strong>Research-on-Research Security Workshop Report</strong></span></a></p><p><span>In 2023, NSF funded a workshop designed to bring a variety of stakeholders in research security together. The aims of the workshop were to assess the current research security landscape and develop a portrait of the emerging field of research on research security, Specifically, the workshop brought together national and international experts, government officials, and industry leaders who have an interested in conducting or supporting research on research security. The report of the workshop below identifies the findings related to the nature of the field of research on research security, key questions and challenges for the field to pursue, methodology and theoretical approaches related to research on research security, and the need for data on research security to advance the field.</span><br> </p><p><span>Overview and Activities:  Research on Research Security Program (RoRS) </span></p><p> </p><p><span><strong>Description</strong></span></p><p><span>NSF is in the process of creating a Research on Research Security Program (RoRS) to fund research that will: (a) identify and characterize attributes that distinguish research security from research integrity; (b) improve understanding of the nature, scale and scope of research security risks; (c) provide insight into methods for identifying, mitigating and preventing research security violations; and (d) develop methodologies to assess the potential impact of research security threats on the U.S. economy, national security, and research enterprise. RRSP also will support the development of partnerships and collaborations of diverse groups of scientists and institutions in this research area as well as training resources for the research community. </span></p><p> </p><p><span><strong>RRSP</strong> <strong>DCL</strong></span></p><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf23126"><span>Dear Colleague Letter: Workshop to Inform Development of the NSF Research on Research Security Program (RoRS)</span></a></p><p> </p><p><span><strong>RRSP Webinar Recordings</strong></span></p><p><strong>July 13, 2023</strong></p><p><a href="https://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/NkgrDczuol_default/index.html?videoId=6332250787112"><span><strong>Stakeholder Engagement on Research on Research Security Program (RoRS)</strong></span></a></p><p><strong>July 26, 2023</strong></p><p><a href="https://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/NkgrDczuol_default/index.html?videoId=6332251092112"><span><strong>Stakeholder Engagement on 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</div> </div> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--attachment paragraph--view-mode--ief-table"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="field field-para-attachment-link"><a href="/research-security#case-studies">Research on Research Security Program (RoRS) </a></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--attachment paragraph--view-mode--ief-table"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="field field-para-attachment-link"><a href="/research-security#benefits">The benefits of international collaboration</a></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--attachment paragraph--view-mode--ief-table"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="field field-para-attachment-link"><a href="/research-security#policies">NSF policies and actions</a></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--attachment 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field-para-attachment-link"><a href="/research-security#mftrp">NEW: Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program (MFTRP)</a></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="link-list__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--attachment paragraph--view-mode--ief-table"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="field field-para-attachment-link"><a href="/research-security#violations">How NSF addresses research security violations</a></div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockdivider"> <hr class="divider"> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>If you are a staff member from a Sponsored Research Office (SRO) or a member of a federal agency with a research security-related concern, and you would like input from the OCRSSP, please contact <a href="mailto:researchsecurity@nsf.gov"><span>researchsecurity@nsf.gov</span></a>. </p><p>Members of the media should contact <a href="mailto:media@nsf.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:media@nsf.gov">media@nsf.gov</a>. Everyone is encouraged to report allegations of waste, fraud, or abuse — including possible violations of laws, rules or regulations — to the <a href="https://oig.nsf.gov/contact/hotline">NSF Office of Inspector General Hotline</a>.</p></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="palette palette--light-gray layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--threecol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><strong>The responsibility of securing the nation’s research falls to everyone in the research community, both at home and abroad.</strong></p></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h4>NSF</h4> <p>NSF is committed to safeguarding the integrity and security of science while also keeping fundamental research open and collaborative. The agency seeks to address an age of new threats and challenges through close work with partners in academia, law enforcement, intelligence and other federal agencies. By fostering transparency, disclosure and other practices that reflect the values of research integrity, NSF is helping to lead the way in ensuring taxpayer-funded research remains secure.</p></div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h4>NSF-supported organizations</h4> <p>Federally funded organizations also have a role as stewards of that research — including training the next generation of researchers. Organizations receiving federal funding should demonstrate robust leadership and oversight; establish and administer policies to promote transparency and guard against conflicts of interest and commitment; provide training and information on research security; ensure effective mechanisms for compliance with organizational policies; and implement processes to assess and manage potential risks associated with collaborations and data.</p></div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--third"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h4>Everyone</h4> <p>Protecting one's own research from bad actors benefits the entire scientific ecosystem — the individual researcher, community, nation and world. Ultimately, research security is about ethical behavior, regardless of background or origin. Ethical behavior is foundational to the conduct of research, and it can only be achieved when everyone can collaborate in an open environment, shielded from the threats of dishonest and unethical behavior.</p></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--twocol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="benefits"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="the-benefits-of-international-collaboration-e75" class="text__title">The benefits of international collaboration</h2> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>NSF welcomes and encourages international collaboration and views it as essential to pursuing the frontiers of science. The agency has a long history of successful, open research collaborations with nations around the world and strongly maintains that scientific research benefits immensely from international cooperation.</p> <p>The benefits of principled international collaboration include:</p> <ul> <li>Enabling cutting-edge research that no nation can achieve alone.</li> <li>Training a robust science and engineering workforce capable of solving global problems.</li> <li>Allowing for significant contributions from international students and scholars to the U.S. research enterprise.</li> <li>Strengthening scientific and diplomatic relations.</li> <li>Leveraging resources, including funding, expertise and facilities.</li> </ul> <p>Principled international collaboration is critical to success, but improper foreign influence is a threat to international collaboration in the science and technology enterprise. It is important to distinguish the difference.</p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1t925113660" aria-expanded="true" > Learn about NSF's involvement in international research security efforts </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1t925113660" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p>Balancing research security while maintaining open and collaborative international partnerships is vitally important to the global research ecosystem. NSF is actively involved in fostering international dialogue on how best to mitigate risks from bad actors that threaten the balance of secure research and trusted relationships in the global research community. NSF makes significant contributions in this area as a key U.S. government representative on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) G-7 Working Group on the Security and Integrity of the Global Research Ecosystem, which was established to develop principles, best practices and a virtual academy and toolkit on issues relevant to research security and integrity.</p></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="cta block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-cta nsf-component" data-media-id="7877" data-is-footer-caption-credit data-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-04/ZEUS.jpg?VersionId=uNLM7HZ90osmIXuagH0yb8CZGeJfEtVq" data-footer-caption-credit-src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/image_credit_caption_block_130x78_/s3/2023-04/ZEUS.jpg?VersionId=81q1tD2AxVbokcaXAaIJQr4DbksBADn5&amp;itok=NZs4hw7N" data-caption="From left to right: postdoctoral fellow Dr. Daniel Seipt; Mr. Andre Antoine, a graduate student in Prof. Thomas’s group; and Prof. Louise Willingale working in the HERCULES laboratory. Professors Louise Willingale and Alec Thomas are plasma physicists at the University of Michigan. This married pair works with students, gives public talks, and juggles childcare responsibilities. Research looks different now that the COVID-19 pandemic has kept the kids home and limited in-person laboratory work. So they carry on their research as best they can. Louise focuses on complex data analysis and simulation while Alec works on developing theory. Meetings have all moved virtual. But their bigger project is a new state-of-the-art laser facility for the study of plasma. Plasma, an exotic-sounding fourth state of matter, is characterized by strong electric and magnetic fields. It’s the most common of the known kinds of matter in the universe – it’s what stars are made of – but it is trickier to create and study in the lab. A high intensity laser lab, however, is the perfect place for investigating astrophysical phenomena and these researchers are teaming up to bring new, high-powered capabilities to their campus, and to the US. The university already has a laser facility, called HERCULES, which was built as a part of an NSF Physics Frontiers Center in early 2000s. It held the world record for the highest focused laser intensity all the way up until 2017. With new NSF funding, HERCULES will be upgraded into the Zettawatt Equivalent Ultrashort Pulse Laser System, or ZEUS, complete with a new housing facility and an international user base. ZEUS will be able to produce 3 petawatts of power - that’s 3,000,000,000,000,000 watts! – in incredibly short, controlled pulses. In one configuration, one ZEUS laser beam will act as a particle accelerator, producing near-speed of light particle bunches. A second laser beamline will allow for beam collisions and the opportunity to study how intense laser light interacts with high energy particles from multiple angles. High powered laser beams like this can be used to study the fundamental physics of light and matter, and can also teach us about powerful astrophysical phenomena like blazars that are otherwise next to impossible to recreate in the lab and are only observable in far reaches of outer space. Constructing advanced equipment like this requires help from all sides – and not just the radiation-shielding walls of the new facility! Despite the pandemic, a few delays, and lots of virtual planning conversations, building has been able to proceed, and ZEUS is on track for completion next year in 2022. Designing and building a laser like ZEUS takes a team of scientists and engineers including plasma researchers like Alec and Louise, but also people working in optics, electronics, modeling, laser technology, and project management. And the benefits won’t just be for plasma physics researchers, either. High-powered lasers are a great tool for investigating materials properties, observing particle collisions and sub-nuclear particles, and creating X-rays that can even be used for fast and detailed imaging of biological samples. In fact, there’s precedent for laser technology like this paving the way for biomedical applications. The 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics went in part to Professor Gerard Mourou, the founding director of the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science at the University of Michigan, for the development of chirped-pulse amplification. This method of producing short femtosecond and high-energy pulses is the same technology used to boost precision in LASIK eye surgery lasers! The team now at the University of Michigan is excited about being able to create and measure some of the fascinating properties of light and matter at the extreme. The new user facility will be one of the premier laser facilities in the US, and world-wide, and will welcome new international collaborators. With improved tools, including making use of AI technology, the scientific community will be able to probe questions about the universe that haven’t been asked before. Plus, as Louise notes, “The cool thing about experiments is they don’t always go as planned.”" data-credit="Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Sciences" data-component-id="nsf_theme:cta"> <div class="cta__image"> <img class="cta__img--full" src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/cta_image/s3/2023-04/ZEUS.jpg?VersionId=mHxp.JQMIguVI5BoR5QsQeFnPlWu.fGB&itok=3LQ7HDWe" alt="" /> </div> <div class="cta__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field-block-cta-body"><h3><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/about.jsp">NSF’s Office of International Science and Engineering</a></h3> <p>NSF encourages U.S. scientists and engineers to enhance their research and education programs through international collaboration. OISE is dedicated to promoting engagement strategies and managing internationally focused programs and partnerships.</p> </div> <div class="cta__link"> <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/od/oise/about.jsp" title="Learn more" class="link-button usa-button " > Learn more </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="palette palette--light-gray layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--twocol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="policies"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="nsf-policies-and-actions-4ea" class="text__title">NSF policies and actions</h2> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>To achieve its goals, NSF has worked diligently to put measures in place that strengthen research security and integrity for the federal funded research community and for NSF staff. Actions include:</p><ul><li>Emphasizing compliance with disclosure rules in <a href="/policies/pappg" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bf42f9ba-0b19-490a-b8e9-69f7da4bb7b8" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)"><strong>NSF's Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide</strong></a> both for NSF staff and the institutions and researchers funded by NSF.</li><li>Requiring all NSF personnel to be a U.S. citizen or in the process of becoming a citizen.</li><li><span>Requiring each Institution of Higher Education (IHE) who receive NSF funding to submit a Foreign Financial Disclosure Report (FFDR) through </span><a href="https://www.research.gov/research-web/content/aboutffd"><strong>research.gov</strong></a>.</li><li>Barring NSF staff from participating in foreign talent recruitment programs.</li><li>Requiring annual "Science and Security Training" for all NSF employees.</li></ul></div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="image block block-component block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-image nsf-component" class="block block-component block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-image nsf-component" data-media-id="7776"> <div class="image-container"> <picture> <source srcset="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/half_width/s3/2023-03/Research%20Security%20Actions.png.webp?VersionId=c_fV42.Dv4dNMMLRZwG0c.aHBmLQf1qg&itok=LezNiKca 1x" media="all and (min-width: 640px)" type="image/webp" width="500" height="417"/> <source srcset="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/half_width/s3/2023-03/Research%20Security%20Actions.png?VersionId=c_fV42.Dv4dNMMLRZwG0c.aHBmLQf1qg&itok=LezNiKca 1x" media="all and (min-width: 640px)" type="image/png" width="500" height="417"/> <img src="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/styles/mobile_full_width/s3/2023-03/Research%20Security%20Actions.png?VersionId=S_90yHrKGsvBLX6Orqthzv6EVQdQ5NXP&itok=eHBPeer-" alt="Research Security Actions" /> </picture> </div> <div class="image__download-link"> <a href="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-03/Research%20Security%20Actions.png?VersionId=A3wq59rRH9LMMadpkoWwk.umTikp7CvU">Download a high-resolution version of this image</a> (PNG, 0.1MB) </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="palette palette--light-gray layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--twocol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="trust"></a></p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><span><strong>TRUST: Trusted Research Using Safeguards and Transparency</strong></span></p></div> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>Developed with the Foundation’s core science mission as a guide, the TRUST framework will guide the agency in assessing grant proposals for potential national security risks. This new policy will help safeguard U.S. taxpayer investments in research and innovation while strengthening international collaboration.</p><p>The TRUST framework includes three branches. The first focuses on assessing active appointments, positions, and research support, while the second focuses on identifying instances of noncompliance with disclosure requirements. The third branch — the inclusion of potential foreseeable national security considerations — represents a significant new effort for NSF. The framework is designed to avoid curtailing beneficial research activities due to institutions or individuals in the community being overly cautious, protect the agency's core values of fairness and due process and maintain open lines of communication with the research community. The TRUST framework will be rolled out in a phased approach with a pilot focused on quantum-related projects set to launch in Fiscal Year 2025. </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockbutton alignment-left nsf-component"> <a href="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/NSF%20OCRSSP%20TRUST%20Policy%20Memo.pdf" title="NSF TRUST Policy Memo" class="link-button usa-button usa-button--outline " > NSF TRUST Policy Memo </a> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>We will host a series of interactive webinars with a Q&A discussion with participants. The first two of these webinars will be held Tuesday, June 11 at 11am and Thursday, June 20 at 2pm. Registration information for the webinars can be found at the link below. OCRSSP staff are also more than happy to visit institutions directly to hear from administrative staff as well as faculty and students to gain a more holistic understanding of the challenges institutions face as they prepare to engage with the TRUST framework. Finally, we are establishing a dedicated email address for interested parties to submit questions or comments: <a href="mailto:trust@nsf.gov">trust@nsf.gov</a></p><p><strong>Webinar Recordings</strong></p><p><strong>June 20, 2024</strong></p><p><a href="https://players.brightcove.net/679256133001/NkgrDczuol_default/index.html?videoId=6355787580112"><span>Trusted Research Using Safeguards and Transparency (TRUST) Process Overview Webinar</span></a></p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h3>Research security actions</h3> <p><em>Click on the items below to learn more about NSF’s research security actions:</em></p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1J1721457772" aria-expanded="true" > JASON studies and resources </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1J1721457772" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p>NSF's overall research security activities respond to the JASON report, "<strong><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jasonsecurity/JSR-19-2IFundamentalResearchSecurity_12062019FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Fundamental Research Security</a></strong>," which was commissioned by NSF and published in December 2019, as well as subsequent legislation passed by Congress. </p> <p>Since the report was published, NSF has worked to expand capabilities and competencies to protect the U.S. science and engineering enterprise through its research security strategy and policy activities.</p></p> </div> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-2s249195832" aria-expanded="true" > Actions aimed at securing U.S. federally funded research </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-2s249195832" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><ul> <li>In Fiscal Year 2021, NSF funded a JASON study on cybersecurity at NSF's major research facilities; in response to the JASON recommendations, NSF is developing new guidance for these research facilities and strengthening its major facility oversight in this area.   </li> <li>In January 2022, the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/010422-NSPM-33-Implementation-Guidance.pdf">National Science and Technology Council issued</a> "Guidance for National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) on National Security Strategy for United States Government-Supported Research and Development." </li> <li>NSF commissioned a JASON study in FY 2022 to provide guidance on the establishment of a <em>Research on Research Security</em> funding program that is expected to begin in FY 2023.</li> </ul> <p>Specific activities for FY 2023 include the following:</p> <ul> <li>NSF is working together with other federal research agencies to establish uniform mechanisms for research investigators to provide agencies with consistent information on their appointments, activities and sources of financial support; many of these mechanisms will be made available to the community during FY 2023.  </li> <li>NSF will establish a <em>Research on Research Security</em> funding program in FY 2023 using guidance from a JASON FY 2022 study. NSF is seeking U.S. federal agency and nonprofit organization partners to collaborate on this program. </li> <li>NSF has established new analytic capabilities to proactively identify conflicts of commitment, vulnerabilities of pre-publication research, and risks to the merit review system, and has published a <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/09/2021-24487/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records#:~:text=Notice%20of%20a%20new%20system%20of%20records.%20SUMMARY%3A,system%20of%20records%3A%20NSF-77%20Data%20Analytics%20Application%20Suite.">System of Records Notice</a> that will enable NSF to begin utilizing those capabilities in FY 2022 and FY 2023.  </li> <li>To ensure clear understanding of research security issues, NSF disclosure requirements and the tenets of beneficial international collaboration, NSF has developed training resources for staff that will continue to be refined in FY 2023.   </li> <li>As previously discussed, in <em>Training for the research community</em>, through a partnership with the federal government interagency community, NSF has issued a solicitation to develop training resources for the research community, which will be funded in early FY 2023.   </li> </ul></p> </div> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-3e230992224" aria-expanded="true" > Federal actions governing NSF research security policies </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-3e230992224" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p>The "<a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ167/pdf/PLAW-117publ167.pdf"><strong>CHIPS and Science Act of 2022</strong></a>" is a historic investment to increase production of American-made semiconductors, tackle supply chain vulnerabilities to make more goods in the United States, revitalize U.S. scientific research and technological leadership, and strengthen the nation's economic and national security at home and abroad. The act includes significant investments and protections for research and development with <strong><a href="https://science.house.gov/chipsandscienceact">specific guidance to NSF</a></strong> to do the following:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Empower NSF research security: </strong>The act requires NSF to maintain a Research Security and Policy Office to identify potential security risks.</li> <li><strong>Train researchers on best practices and prohibit federal employees and university researchers from participating in malign foreign talent recruitment programs: </strong>The act requires covered individuals seeking funding from federal research agencies to complete annual training on research security.</li> <li><strong>Create a research security and integrity information-sharing organization</strong>: The act requires the establishment of an organization that would serve as a clearinghouse for information that helps institutions and researchers identify improper and illegal efforts that compromise research security.</li> <li><strong>Ensure transparency: </strong> The act requires universities applying for NSF funds to disclose agreements and gifts from China and other "foreign countries of concern." Also prohibits NSF funding from going to universities with Confucius Institutes.</li> </ul> <p>The <strong><a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-united-states-government-supported-research-development-national-security-policy/">National Security Presidential Memorandum – 33</a></strong> (NSPM-33) was signed on January 14, 2021. NSPM-33 directs federal funding agencies to strengthen protections of U.S. government-supported research and development against foreign government interference and exploitation. NSPM-33 seeks to clarify and simplify how researchers disclose information to the federal government. Specifically, Section 4(g) of NSPM-33 directs that “heads of funding agencies shall require that research institutions receiving Federal science and engineering support in excess of 50 million dollars per year certify to the funding agency that the institution has established and operates a research security program. As such,<strong> </strong>“the federal government” is tasked with “providing standardized technical assistance to support development of training content and programmatic guidelines, tools, and best practices to be made available to organizations for incorporation into research security programs at their discretion.”</p> <p>The training modules in development under the direction of NSF are examples of best practices in action. NSF is taking essential steps toward mitigating foreign government risks and threats to U.S. government-funded research and working to fulfill government mandates to protect federally funded research as outlined in the NSPM-33 and the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.</p></p> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h3>Training and education in research security best practices</h3> <p><em>Click on the items below to learn more about training offered by NSF:</em></p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1s228349375" aria-expanded="true" > NSF staff training </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1s228349375" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p>It is important that security risks that threaten research integrity and other risks to the enterprise are addressed both within NSF and across the U.S. research community. NSF staff play a significant role in helping to ensure the security of the research in NSF's proposal and award process. A fundamental step in mitigating risks to the enterprise is ensuring that NSF employees fully understand research security risks, and education and training are a critical step in safeguarding existing processes. To this end, two training courses have been developed and deployed for NSF staff. The first course, "Science and Security Training: Part 1," covers NSF's disclosure policies and the new <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/researchprotection/PersonnelPolicyForeignGovTalentRecruitment%20Programs07_11_2019.pdf"><strong>NSF Policy on Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs</strong></a>. This course is required annually for all NSF staff and contractors.</p> <p>The second training course, "Science and Security Training: Part 2," outlines the implementation of internal processes for handling post-award information, with guidance on how program officers should handle risk assessment for pre-award information. This course is required for all program officers and grants administrators at NSF and is open to all NSF employees. This course specifically focuses on explaining the revised guidance in the <strong><a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/policies/pappg">Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide</a></strong>.</p> <p>Together, these internal training courses help NSF:</p> <ol> <li>Clearly communicate to proposers and awardees about the revised guidance in the Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG), which includes: <ul> <li>The information senior personnel are required to disclose in the Biographical sketch and Current and Pending Support sections of the proposal.</li> <li>How NSF uses the information disclosed in these sections.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Provide clarity on new requirements on submission of post-award information related to Current and Pending support.</li> <li>Assess information disclosed in the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support sections of the proposal and in Post-award Disclosures information.</li> </ol> <p>These internal training courses developed by NSF have been shared widely with other federal partner agencies looking to adapt the training to their organizations. NSF is leading the way as a model agency in this area.</p></p> </div> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-2y1217145077" aria-expanded="true" > Training for the research community </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-2y1217145077" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p>NSF is also behind the effort to develop research security training for the research community. The agency partnered with the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense on a solicitation seeking proposals for the development of online training modules that will provide recipients of federal research funding with information on risks and threats to the global research ecosystem — and the knowledge and tools necessary to protect against these risks.</p><p>This modular training, <a href="/research-security/training" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4311d2b2-0fc4-486c-8a03-b4a4c43ab51a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Research Security Training"><strong>available here</strong></a>, is intended to enhance awareness and to provide recipients of federal research funding with online training on the existing and emerging risks and threats to the global research ecosystem — and the knowledge and resources necessary to protect against such risks and threats. After completing the training, researchers should be empowered with the tools necessary for protecting their own work. The knowledge gained in these training modules is a critical component to securing federally funded research, while maintaining the current, open and transparent global research ecosystem. Four training modules are in development in the following topical areas, intended for the research community and available publicly:</p><ol><li><strong>Why is research security an important issue? </strong>This training discusses the issues of research security and why research security for federally funded research is important for the U.S. government and national security.</li><li><strong>What is a disclosure policy and how will it be used?</strong> This training will explain federal funding agency disclosure policies, why this information is important and how it will be used.</li><li><strong>What actions can federally funded research recipients take to manage and mitigate risk?</strong> This training will cover how organizations can fulfill their role as stewards of research, including training the next generation of researchers, by demonstrating robust leadership and oversight; establishing and administering policies to promote transparency and guard against conflicts of interest and commitment; providing training, support and information on research security; ensuring effective mechanisms for compliance with organizational policies; and implementing processes to assess and manage potential risks associated with collaborations and data.</li><li><strong>Is international collaboration encouraged?</strong> This training will emphasize that principled international collaboration is critical to success, but that improper foreign influence is a threat to international collaboration in the science and engineering enterprise and will discuss the important differences.</li></ol><p>The knowledge gained through this training will be a critical component of securing federally funded research, while maintaining the current open and transparent global research ecosystem. Importantly, this training addresses a requirement in the "CHIPS and Science Act of 2022" for NSF to "train researchers on best practices and prohibit federal employees and university researchers from participating in so-called malign foreign talent recruitment programs." The training may also be used to partially fulfill the research security program requirement in <a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-united-states-government-supported-research-development-national-security-policy/"><strong>The National Security Presidential Memorandum – 33</strong></a>.</p><p>View the <a href="/research-security/training#frequently-asked-questions-f02"><strong>frequently asked questions</strong></a> for the training modules.</p></p> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><strong>Research security <span><span><span><span>analytics </span></span></span></span>guidelines</strong></p></div> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>In 2023, NSF published how it approaches research security data-related practices. The guidelines include a breakdown of which agency personnel may conduct research security-related activities; what monitoring activities are allowed and with what resources they are conducted; how information will be validated to ensure accuracy; and how information may be shared within NSF and externally.</p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockbutton alignment-left nsf-component"> <a href="/research-security/guidelines" title="Guidelines" class="link-button usa-button usa-button--outline " > Guidelines </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--twocol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="risk"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="foreign-interference-and-risk-mitigation-509" class="text__title">Foreign interference and risk mitigation</h2> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p>NSF's goal is to maintain a vibrant science and engineering community that can participate in domestic and global collaborations. However, there are actors who try to take advantage of the openness of the research community and choose not to uphold the values of the science and engineering community.</p></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h3>Disclosure and transparency</h3><p>Senior/key personnel disclosures are provided in three distinct sections of an NSF proposal: Collaborator and Other Affiliations, the Biographical Sketch, and Current and Pending (Other) Support. Senior/key personnel must certify that the information provided is current, accurate, and complete, and that they are not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program. </p><p>A main issue related to foreign interference in NSF-funded research is the omission of information in senior/key personnel disclosures, including appointments, affiliations and current and pending (other) support from external funding sources. Transparency and disclosure are vital to NSF’s ability to properly assess risk. When information is deliberately omitted or concealed, the award-making process is compromised.</p><p>To assess the risk of foreign interference in institutions of higher education that carry out NSF-funded research, institutions of higher education are now required to submit post-award disclosures of financial support received from a foreign source associated with a foreign country of concern. </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1o2115692799" aria-expanded="true" > Learn more about proposal disclosure documents </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1o2115692799" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p><span>This information is used as follows:</span></p><ul type="disc"><li><span><strong>Collaborators and Other Affiliations</strong> are listed in a separate, single copy document and are used by NSF program staff to help manage reviewer selection and avoid conflicts of interest in the review process.</span></li><li><span>The <strong>Biographical Sketch</strong> is used by NSF program staff and external reviewers to assess how well qualified the individual, team or organization is to conduct the proposed activities.</span></li><li><span>The <strong>Current and Pending (Other) Support</strong> information is used by NSF program staff and external reviewers to assess the capacity of the individual to carry out the research as proposed, as well as to help identify any potential overlap or duplication with the project being proposed.</span></li></ul><p><span>Note, NSF treats the withholding of information as noncompliance with its disclosure requirements.</span></p><p> </p></p> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="ffdr"></a></p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1g215619218" aria-expanded="true" > Foreign Financial Disclosure Report (FFDR) </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1g215619218" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p><strong>Overview: Foreign Financial Disclosure Report (FFDR)</strong><br>NSF has developed a reporting process (Foreign Financial Disclosure Report) for institutions of higher education that are direct recipients of NSF funding to disclose gifts and contracts received from a foreign country of concern. NSF is implementing the Foreign Financial Disclosure Report as mandated by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Guidance and Critical Dates for FFDR Preparers</strong><br>More information about the FFDR preparation and submission process can be found at the <a href="https://www.research.gov/research-web/content/aboutffd">research.gov FFDR homepage</a>. </p><p> </p><p><strong>FFDR Webinars & Office Hours</strong><br><span>            </span><strong>FFDR Webinar and Demo</strong><br><span>            </span>When: Tuesday, July 9<sup>th</sup>, 2024 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)<br><span>            </span>Topic: FFDR Portal Demonstration </p><p><span>            </span></p><p><span>            </span><strong>FFDR Office Hours</strong><br><span>            </span>Two Office Hours<br><span>            </span>When: Tuesday, July 16<sup>th</sup>, 2024 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada) and<br><span>            </span>Thursday, July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2024 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (US and Canada)<br><span>            </span>Topic: FFDR Q&A</p><p> </p><p><strong>FFDR Webinar Recordings</strong><br>FFDR Webinars will be recorded and published here when available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 Legislation</strong> <br>In accordance with Section 10339B, Foreign Financial Support, of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (<a href="https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:19040%20edition:prelim)%20OR%20(granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section19040)&f=treesort&edition=prelim&num=0&jumpTo=true">42 U.S.C. § 19040</a>), each institution of higher education that receives NSF funding must disclose annually, all "current financial support, the value of which is $50,000 or more, including gifts and contracts, received directly or indirectly from a foreign source" which is associated with a foreign country of concern. See Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/24-1/ch-7-award-administration">Chapter VII.D.3</a> for additional information.</p><p><span><a name="_msocom_1"></a></span></p><p> </p></p> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="mftrp"></a></p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1M1259940766" aria-expanded="true" > Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program (MFTRP) </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1M1259940766" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p><strong>Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program(s)</strong><br>The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 defines a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program as any program, position, or activity that is sponsored by a foreign country of concern that includes compensation in exchange for activities that may violate research security regulations. See full definition of a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/24-1#definitions">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>NSF Policy Updates</strong><br>In an effort to increase research security, Section 10632 of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 set a requirement for each Federal research agency to establish a policy on Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (42 U.S.C § 19232).</p><p>In accordance with the requirement, NSF made the following changes to the <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/policies/pappg/24-1/">2024 NSF PAPPG</a>, which goes into effect on any NSF award after May 20, 2024:</p><ol type="1"><li>Modified Chapter I.E.3(b) to establish that individuals who are a party to a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program are not eligible to serve as a senior/key person on an NSF proposal.</li><li>Modified Chapter II.B to include language on the certification of malign foreign talent recruitment programs.</li><li>Added Chapter II.D.1.d(ix) that requires organizational certification regarding malign foreign talent recruitment programs.</li><li>Added Chapter II.D.1.e(ii) that applies to individuals designated as senior/key persons on a proposal who are current party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program.</li></ol></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h3>Conflicts of interest</h3> <p>The other main category of foreign interference is with conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment. NSF defines a "conflict of interest" as a situation in which an individual who is responsible for the design, conduct or reporting of research or educational activities funded or proposed for funding by NSF (or the individual's spouse or dependent children) has a significant financial interest or financial relationship that would reasonably appear to be affected by the proposed research or educational activity.</p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-accordion nsf-component usa-accordion js-first-collapsed"> <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button type="button" class="usa-accordion__button" aria-controls="item-1e1796904325" aria-expanded="true" > Learn more about conflicts of commitment </button> </h2> <div class="usa-accordion__content text-formatted field field-accordion" id="item-1e1796904325" class="field field-accordion" data-component-id="nsf_theme:accordion-item"> <p><p>“Conflict of commitment” as defined in the official Guidance for Implementing  NSPM-33, is a situation in which an individual accepts or incurs conflicting obligations between or among multiple employers or other entities. Many organizational policies define conflicts of commitment as conflicting commitments of time and effort, including obligations to dedicate time in excess of organizational or research agency policies or commitments. Other types of conflicting obligations, including obligations to improperly share information with, or to withhold information from, an employer or research agency, can also threaten research security and integrity, and are an element of a broader concept of conflicts of commitment used in this document.</p></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="palette palette--light-gray layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--twocol full-browser-width"> <div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="violations"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="how-nsf-addresses-research-security-violations-db0" class="text__title">How NSF addresses research security violations</h2> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><p><span><span>NSF's collaborative, well-established relationship with the OIG has been an important aspect of our response to threats to NSF-funded research from foreign interference. We promptly address potential threats when identified, frequently referring appropriate matters to OIG. Similarly, when appropriate, OIG notifies us of matters requiring our attention. Administrative actions may be recommended by OIG at any point in an investigation. Such actions may include award suspensions, award terminations, government-wide suspensions of PIs and entities, and/or government-wide debarments. 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<div class="nsf-layout--outer"> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--headline"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="resources"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 id="additional-resources-d61" class="text__title">Additional resources</h2> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--first"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h4>White House and Congress</h4><ul><li><a href="https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-united-states-government-supported-research-development-national-security-policy/">National Security Presidential Memorandum – 33</a></li><li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/010422-NSPM-33-Implementation-Guidance.pdf">Implementation guidance for National Security Presidential Memorandum-33implementation guidance</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/about/budget/fy2023/pdf/01_fy2023.pdf">NSF's research security: Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request to Congress</a></li><li><a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/60905CE3-7D54-465C-B1CC-A2D1FFF6B335">U.S. Senate Committee CHIPS Act fact sheet</a></li><li><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Biden-Harris-Administrations-National-Security-Strategy-10.2022.pdf"><span>National Security Strategy, Oct 2022</span></a></li></ul><p> </p><h4>JASON studies</h4><ul><li><a href="https://new.nsf.gov/news/nsf-announcement-jason-report-safeguarding">NSF announcement on JASON report: Safeguarding the Research Enterprise</a></li><li><a href="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-03/JSR-22-08%20NSF%20Research%20Program%20on%20Research%20Security_03152023_FINAL_1.pdf?VersionId=lwtxqUjbqGNmbtJ7E66IqQBbt9gzCV8A">JASON study: "Research Program on Research Security"</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jasonsecurity/JSR-19-2IFundamentalResearchSecurity_12062019FINAL.pdf">JASON study: "Fundamental Research Security"</a></li><li><a href="https://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jasonsecurity/Infobrief_JASON_v2.pdf">Fact sheet: "Fundamental Research Security"</a></li><li><a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/news/nsf-releases-jason-report-research-security">News release: NSF releases JASON report on research security</a></li><li><p>“<a href="https://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jasonsecurity/NSF_response_JASON.pdf">National Science Foundation Response to the JASON Report</a>”</p><p> </p></li></ul><h4>NSF policies and tools</h4><ul><li><a href="https://beta.nsf.gov/news/nsf-creates-new-research-security-chief-position">News release: NSF creates new research security chief position</a></li><li>Program Solicitation: <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2022/nsf22576/nsf22576.htm">Research Security Training for the United States (U.S.) Research Community (NSF 22-576)</a><ul><li><a href="https://new.acpt.nsf.gov/now-leaving-a76ca1330599241162d2452c40?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DjrG4E-sxDbI&back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.acpt.nsf.gov%2Fresearch-security-national-science-foundation%23nsf-policies-and-actions-e6d">Informational Webinar Video</a> for program solicitation NSF 22-576</li></ul></li><li><a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/safeguarding-science/research-security#top">Research security toolkit</a><br> </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2019/nsf19200/research_protection.jsp">Dear Colleague Letter: Research Protection</a><br> </p><p><strong>Other U.S. Government Resources </strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://rt.cto.mil/stpp/mta/"><span>Department of Defense Science & Technology Program Protection</span></a></li></ul></div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="layout__region layout__region--second"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><h4>Notable research security guidance from international entities</h4><ul><li><a href="https://new.acpt.nsf.gov/now-leaving-a76ca1330599241162d2452c40?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmbf.de%2FSharedDocs%2FDownloads%2Fde%2F2022%2F220812-g7-sigre-paper.pdf%3F__blob%3DpublicationFile%26v%3D2%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThrough%20the%20G7%20Research%20Compact%2Ctransparency%20under%20which%20it%20flourishes.&back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.acpt.nsf.gov%2Fresearch-security-national-science-foundation%23nsf-policies-and-actions-e6d">G7 - Common Values and Principles on Research Security and</a></li><li><a href="https://new.acpt.nsf.gov/now-leaving-a76ca1330599241162d2452c40?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmbf.de%2FSharedDocs%2FDownloads%2Fde%2F2022%2F220812-g7-sigre-paper.pdf%3F__blob%3DpublicationFile%26v%3D2%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThrough%20the%20G7%20Research%20Compact%2Ctransparency%20under%20which%20it%20flourishes.&back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.acpt.nsf.gov%2Fresearch-security-national-science-foundation%23nsf-policies-and-actions-e6d"><u>Research Integrity</u></a></li><li><a href="https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/safeguarding-your-research/general-information-research-security/international-research-security-resources/g7-best-practices-secure-and-open-research">G7 Best Practices for Secure and Open Research</a></li><li>OECD publication: "<a href="https://new.acpt.nsf.gov/now-leaving-a76ca1330599241162d2452c40?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oecd-ilibrary.org%2Fdocserver%2F1c416f43-en.pdf%3Fexpires%3D1664997986%26id%3Did%26accname%3Dguest%26checksum%3DDA0DA627D4F754FC6E9EDDEF8949A695&back_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnew.acpt.nsf.gov%2Fresearch-security-national-science-foundation%23nsf-policies-and-actions-e6d">Integrity and Security in the Global Research Ecosystem</a>"</li></ul><p> </p><h4>Tools and definitions</h4><p>(Below - As defined by OECD/G7)</p><ul><li><strong>Research integrity:</strong> The use of honest and verifiable methods in proposing, performing and evaluating research; reporting research results with particular attention to adherence to rules, regulations and guidelines; and following commonly accepted professional codes or norms.</li><li><strong>Research security:</strong> Safeguarding the research enterprise against the misappropriation of research and development to the detriment of national or economic security, related violations of research integrity and foreign government interference.</li></ul><p> </p><p><span><strong>International Efforts</strong></span></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/research-collaboration-advice-team-rcat" title="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/research-collaboration-advice-team-rcat"><span>UK Research Collaboration Advice Team (RCAT)</span></a></li><li><a href="https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/safeguarding-your-research" title="https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/safeguarding-your-research"><span>Government of Canada Safeguarding Your Research</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.arc.gov.au/funding-research/research-security/countering-foreign-interference"><span>Australian Research Council Countering Foreign Interference</span></a></li><li><a href="https://english.loketkennisveiligheid.nl/"><span>Government of the Netherlands Contact Point for Knowledge Security</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.daad.de/de/infos-services-fuer-hochschulen/kompetenzzentrum/"><span>German Academic Exchange Service Competence Center for International Academic Cooperation</span></a></li></ul></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nsf-layout--inner"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="usa-footer__return-to-top"> <div class="usa-footer__return-to-top--inner"> <a class="usa-button usa-button--secondary usa-button__link" href="#"><span class="arrow"></span>Top</a> </div> </div> <footer class="usa-footer usa-footer--medium" role="contentinfo"> <div class="usa-footer__secondary-section usa-section"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap-2 nsf--secondary-footer"> <div class="usa-agency-information desktop:grid-col-4"> <div> <div> <div class="usa-logo"> <a class="logo logo-img" href="/" title="NSF - National Science Foundation - Home" aria-label="Home"> <div 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