Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs

Background

The Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022 (aka the Chips and Science Act) requires federal research funding agencies (e.g., National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)) to establish policies that require “covered individuals” to disclose all participation in foreign talent recruitment programs and to certify at the time of proposal submission and annually for the duration of the award that they are not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program (MFTRP), and that UW-Eau Claire certify that such individuals have been made aware of the requirement.

In addition, the Department of Defense (DoD) released Countering Unwanted Foreign Influence in Department-funded Research at Institutions of Higher Education, that includes a Policy for Risk-Based Security Reviews of Fundamental Research and associated Decision Matrix. Under this new DoD policy, the DoD will deny funding if the proposing institution does not have a policy prohibiting participation in a malign foreign talent recruitment program.