Research Security & Export Control
Foreign-influence policy, disclosure requirements, export control (ITAR/EAR) as applied to research, and enforcement actions against researchers and institutions.
Coverage (8)
- EU’s Research Security Monitor 2025, Explained
On Feb 27, 2026, the EU Commission issued its first Research Security Monitor plus a Council Recommendation on science diplomacy, adopted May 29, 2026.…
- Export Control Enforcement Trends 2026: What BIS’s Record Penalties Reveal
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: GAO Briefs Members on Research Security
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.…
- Is the Fundamental Research Exclusion Narrowing? What’s Actually Happened vs. What’s Being Warned
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 act…
- NSPM-33 Research Security Programs: The Real 2026 Deadline, and DoD’s January Memo
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.…
- NSF Research Security: What Notice 149 Requires Proposers to Certify
NSF Notice 149 makes research-security training, MFTRP, and Confucius Institute certifications mandatory for proposals, effective Dec. 2, 2025.…
- NSPM-33 implementation: 18 months in
Eighteen months after NSPM-33 disclosure requirements took effect, a status report on what worked, what is broken, and the institutional adjustments still pending.…
- NSPM-33 disclosure: what US researchers must report in 2026
Current and pending support, foreign-component disclosure, NIH Other Support, foreign-talent-recruitment programmes: the 2026 NSPM-33 compliance landscape.…
