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Latest Cases & Developments
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NSF Advisory on Iran’s S&T Ecosystem: A Primer for Research Security Professionals (Sep. 2025)
The National Sciences Foundation’s NSF SECURE program issued an advisory entitled “Iran’s S&T Ecosystem: A Primer for Research Security Professionals.” The advisory provides a high-level overview of key features of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) science and technology (S&T) ecosystem and details factors such as IRI military and security organizations that pose research security-related challenges for American academic institutions.
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Research | Research Safety & ProtectionDate:
Department of Education Safeguarding Academia (Aug. 25, 2025)
The Department of Education (the Department), alongside the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and other federal partners, issued new guidance in its Safeguarding Academia bulletin to alert U.S. colleges and universities to increasing foreign threats to fundamental research, intellectual property, critical technologies, and the U.S. research ecosystem. The guidance also arms institutions with mitigation strategies. The bulletin and reference guides review best practices for recruitment programs, overseas research collaborations, espionage activities of foreign intelligence services, and cyber intrusion.
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International Ventures | Research | Research Safety & Protection
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