NSF releases JASON report on research security | NSF - National Science Foundation

"For decades, U.S. agencies have worked to foster openness, transparency, and reciprocal international collaboration on basic research (fundamental exploration in science and engineering, which accounts for the majority of the work supported by NSF).

However, today a small group of governments endeavor to benefit from the global research ecosystem without upholding those values. Their tactics include the use of foreign talent recruitment programs with conditions that can require beneficiaries to employ deceptive practices or other behaviors that circumvent the tenets that have allowed international research collaboration to flourish.

NSF and other federal agencies that support research have worked to outline the problem. The independent JASON study affirms the scope and scale of the threat. Four main themes emerged from the JASON study:

• The value of, and need for, foreign scientific talent in the U.S.
• The significant negative impacts of placing new restrictions on access to fundamental research.
• The need to extend our notion of research integrity to include disclosures of commitments and potential conflicts of interest
• The need for a common understanding between academia and U.S. government agencies about how to best protect U.S. interests in fundamental research while maintaining openness and successfully competing in the global marketplace for STEM talent...."