Purdue’s Research Security Program
Purdue University’s research security program is designed to protect intellectual capital, prevent research misappropriation, and ensure responsible management of U.S. taxpayer dollars while maintaining an open environment to foster research discoveries and innovation. The program promotes transparency, addresses conflicts of interest and commitment, provides training and information on research security, and implements processes to assess and manage potential risks associated with collaborations and data. The program includes cybersecurity, foreign travel reviews, research security training, export control training, and disclosure guidance.
Research security pertains to all Purdue research, including fundamental research and to officers, faculty, staff and students who are engaged in research at or on behalf of the University and any other individuals helping to conduct research at Purdue. This term includes graduate students, undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, fellows and visiting scholars. This program applies to Purdue personnel.
Protecting the Research Enterprise
All federal research funding agencies must improve and safeguard the research enterprise under White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) National Security Presidential Memo-33 (NSPM-33) direction. Purdue and other institutions receiving over $50M in research and engineering funding must have a Research Security Program.
The US government has set forth several requirements that Purdue must comply with, which are intended to help ensure that our affiliations are protected against undue foreign influence.
Guidance: Protecting Against Improper Foreign Influence in Research
Mandatory Research Security Training and Certification
Purdue is requiring any faculty members involved in federally-funded research to complete research security training and a foreign talent recruitment plan certification by Sept. 1. This mandatory training is necessary in order to satisfy new federal requirements that are intended to safeguard the academic research enterprise against the misappropriation of U.S. research and development.
Researchers who are applying for NSF or DoD federal funding will be required to certify that they are not a participant in a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program during the proposal submission. The new requirement will be implemented by NSF on May 20, 2024 and by DoD on Aug. 9, 2024.
Purdue’s Research Security Program Focus Areas
Contact Us
Email: rsec@purdue.edu