Federal Policies and Guidance - Research Security

NSPM-33

NSPM-33: Presidential Memorandum on United States Government-Supported Research and Development National Security Policy, White House (January 14, 2021)

NSPM-33 Fact Sheet, White House (January 2021)

Guidelines for Research Security Programs at Covered Institutions, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) (July 9, 2024)

Key NSPM-33 Features

• Requires federal funding agencies to strengthen and standardize disclosure requirements for federally funded awards
• Requires research organizations awarded in excess of $50 million per year in total Federal research funding to implement a research security program that includes the four elements (cybersecurity, foreign travel security, research security training, and export control training).

Historical NSPM-33 Guidance

• Request for Information; NSPM 33 Research Security Programs Standard Requirement, OSTP (March 7, 2023)
• Responses: Association of American Universities, American Council on Education, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, Council on Governmental Relations, Association of American Medical Colleges, EDUCAUSE
• Draft Research Security Programs Standards Requirement, OSTP (February 2023)
• Guidance for Implementing National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33) on National Security Strategy for United States Government-Supported Research and Development (“NSPM-33 Guidance”), OSTP (January 4, 2022)

CHIPS & Science Act

CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) and Science Act (August 9, 2022)

National Science Foundation: CHIPS and Science

National Institute of Standards and Technology: CHIPS for America funding updates and opportunities

Key CHIPS & Science Features

• Requires CHIPS-funded R&D programs to implement research security measures
• Mandates creation of the NSF SECURE Center, led by the University of Washington, to serve as a clearinghouse for information on identifying and mitigating foreign interference that poses risks to the U.S. research enterprise

Agency Implementation Guidance for NSPM-33 and/or CHIPS & Science

U.S. Department of Energy

Research Security Training Requirement (Starting May 1, 2025)

Publications

• Research Security Policies: An Overview, Congressional Research Service (February 8, 2024)
• Safeguarding the Research Enterprise (“JASON Report”), National Science Foundation (March 21, 2024)
• Critical and Emerging Technologies List Update, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) (February 12, 2024)
• G7 Best Practices for Secure & Open Research, Security and Integrity of the Global Research Ecosystem (SIGRE) Working Group (February 2024)
• Protecting Critical and Emerging U.S. Technologies from Foreign Threats, National Counterintelligence and Security Center (October 2021)
• Safeguarding International Science: Research Security Framework, National Institute of Standards and Technology (August 31, 2023)
• Recommended Practices for Strengthening the Security and Integrity of America's Science and Technology Research Enterprise, National Science & Technology Council (January 2021)
• Enhancing the Security and Integrity of America's Research Enterprise, OSTP (July 2020)
• Summary of the 2019 White House Summit of the Joint Committee on the Research Environment (JCORE), National Science & Technology Council (November 2019)
• Letter to United States Research Community, OSTP (September 16, 2019)
• Dear Colleague Letter: Research Protection, National Science Foundation (July 11, 2019)
• Update from the National Science and Technology Council Joint Committee on Research Environments, OSTP (July 9, 2019)