Research security

A June 2026 House Science subcommittee hearing examined FCA grant-fraud enforcement, spotlighting undisclosed foreign affiliations as a growing DOJ target.

On Feb 27, 2026, the EU Commission issued its first Research Security Monitor plus a Council Recommendation on science diplomacy, adopted May 29, 2026.

Texas HB 127 (not SB 1565) sets an August 2026 research-security certification deadline for Texas public university boards.

GAO: 5 top research-funding agencies havent assessed whether security screening risks discriminating against Chinese and Asian-descent scientists.

The House-passed DETERRENT Act would cut the Section 117 foreign-gift threshold to $50,000. A 26-group coalition pushed the stalled Senate bill in May 2026.

BIOSECURE Act became law Dec 18, 2025 (NDAA Sec. 851), restricting federal contracts and grants tied to designated biotechnology companies of concern.

The EU’s February 2026 Research Security Monitor and forthcoming Centre of Expertise add EU-wide policy coordination beyond Horizon Europe grant screening.

A Nov. 2025 OpenReview bug exposed ICLR 2026 reviewer identities, enabling bribery and harassment amid separate reports that 21% of reviews were AI-generated.

EO 14411 (June 22, 2026) tightens research-security and export-control coordination for quantum research. What it means for QIST funding and tech transfer.

The SAFE Research Act would have cut federal funding over ‘hostile foreign entity’ ties. University pushback got it struck from the FY2026 NDAA.

Commerce cut, then restored, foreign access to Anthropic’s Fable 5/Mythos 5 over a jailbreak claim — what it means for research-security compliance.

The Netherlands fully revised its National Knowledge Security Guideline on 9 July 2026, updating the threat assessment and adding a risk-indicator appendix.

Five researchers, including Harvard geneticist George Church, were moved off a Nature Methods byline into acknowledgements amid U.S. scrutiny of China ties.

A 2.7-million-preprint IEEE S&P 2026 study found 88% of arXiv submissions leak hidden source-file data: passwords, API keys, GPS coordinates.

NSF 26-022 bars NSF-funded collaboration with entities on seven federal restricted-party lists, starting FY2027. Here’s what it does and doesn’t cover.

OMB’s May 2026 proposed rule would bar federal grant funds from collaboration with “covered foreign countries.” Here’s what the rule’s text actually says, why the widely-cited “17 countries” figure isn’t a real OMB list, and how this differs from the CHIPS Act’s countries-of-concern list.

BIS’s 2026 settlements, led by a record $252.5M Applied Materials case, reveal what triggers export-control violations for research institutions.

COGR’s June 2026 meeting included a GAO briefing flagging research security as a top oversight area. What’s confirmed, and what it means for research admins.

Executive Order 14292 (May 2025) paused federal funding for dangerous gain-of-function research and set OSTP deadlines for oversight rules, now overdue.

A March 2026 law-firm alert warns the fundamental research exclusion is quietly narrowing for universities. No BIS or Federal Register rule change was found to confirm that framing — here’s what’s actually enacted (NSPM-33, Section 117, the BIOSECURE Act) versus what’s still just a warning.

NSF’s PAPPG 26-200 supplement (eff. Dec. 8, 2025) revised SBIR pitch rules, funding caps, equipment thresholds, and research-security requirements.

ED’s Feb. 23, 2026 pact with State adds national-security review to Section 117 foreign-gift oversight. Thresholds and deadlines are unchanged.

Federal agencies now require ORCID as a digital persistent identifier; universities are setting their own 2026 linkage deadlines ahead of enforcement.

NSPM-33’s $50M research security program deadline isn’t one fixed July 2026 date — it’s agency-specific. Plus DoD’s Jan. 2026 memo, explained.

DHS’s new rule ends open-ended F-1/J-1 admission, capping it at up to 4 years and requiring a separate USCIS extension filing, effective Sept. 15, 2026.

Where 2026 litigation over SEVIS record terminations and visa revocations stands, and what it means for international researchers.

NSF Notice 149 makes research-security training, MFTRP, and Confucius Institute certifications mandatory for proposals, effective Dec. 2, 2025.

Eighteen months after NSPM-33 disclosure requirements took effect, a status report on what worked, what is broken, and the institutional adjustments still pending.

Current and pending support, foreign-component disclosure, NIH Other Support, foreign-talent-recruitment programmes: the 2026 NSPM-33 compliance landscape.