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JASON Report on research security

A 2019 report by the JASON advisory group, commissioned by the US National Science Foundation, analysing risks to fundamental research from foreign government influence and recommending a transparency-and-disclosure-based response rather than restrictive measures.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    A research security policy document cites the JASON Report to justify a disclosure-based rather than restriction-based posture.

  • Is an instance

    An institutional review committee references the JASON Report when discussing balancing openness with risk management.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    A report commissioned to advise on classified research policy is not the JASON Report on research security.

  • Not an instance

    An internal university policy document is not itself the JASON Report.

Editorial commentary

The JASON Report (Fundamental Research Security, JSR-19-2I) concluded that the openness of US fundamental research is a strategic asset and that disclosure, ethics enforcement, and adherence to scientific norms are the appropriate principal responses to foreign influence concerns. The report shaped subsequent policy debate and is widely cited as the intellectual foundation for the transparency-based approach reflected in NSPM-33 and related agency policies. It distinguished fundamental research from controlled or classified research.

References

  • JASON Report on Fundamental Research Security (JSR-19-2I, December 2019), commissioned by NSF.

Also known as

JASON Report · Fundamental Research Security report

Machine-readable encodings

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