Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (Research Security)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-04-28 — A bill to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education from receiving research and development awards, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with ndaa-higher-ed-rd-award-prohibition: Both extend research-security restrictions on higher-education institutions with foreign-influence exposure. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-04-28 — A bill to amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to require each institution of higher education to certify as part of an application for a research and development award that such institution does not operate certain branch campuses, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with higher-ed-international-programs-regulation: Both impose research-security eligibility conditions on federally funded academic research, extending institutional certification regimes beyond individual researcher disclosures to institutional foreign footprints. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-03-10 — Disclose GIFT Act: cross-connection with disclose-gift-act: Both target foreign-influence risks in academic research; the Disclose GIFT Act’s individual-researcher disclosure regime complements existing malign foreign talent recruitment prohibitions. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-16 — To establishes a new position of Senior Biotechnology Official within the Department of State to enhance United States leadership in global biotechnology challenges by leading United States efforts in biotechnology diplomacy, security, and innovation, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with senior-biotechnology-official-state-dept: Biotech security portfolio at State would engage with research security concerns over foreign talent recruitment in life sciences. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-03-25 — United States Research Protection Act: United States Research Protection Act (introduced) would clarify that federal prohibitions on researcher participation in malign foreign talent recruitment programs apply to programs sponsored by countries of concern (China, Iran, North Korea, Russia) and cover both direct and indirect compensation or incentives, refining CHIPS/R&D Competition and Innovation Act definitions. (novelty: 2)