View original memorandum<\/strong> (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, September 23, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear Colleagues: Unfortunately, recent events have also added to a sense of unease This commitment does not detract from our responsibility to comply At this time, there are no new statutory or regulatory requirements. For example, since August 2018, the National Institutes of Health Recognizing that these requirements are complex, we have compiled The following are a list of key disclosure requirements, WSU policies, Investigators whose research is supported with federal funding should <\/p>\n In collaboration with national organizations and our fellow academic Thank you for your attention to this matter and for your ongoing Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Asif Chaudhry Dr. Christopher J. Keane Important message regarding international activities View original memorandum (pdf) Monday, September 23, 2019 Dear Colleagues:Over the past eighteen months, national security agencies, federalgranting agencies, the White House, and members of Congress haveraised serious concerns about systematic programs of foreigninterference and attempts to exploit the U.S. research enterprise.These concerns include alleged academic espionage, theft ofintellectual property, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14798,"featured_media":0,"parent":6,"menu_order":1000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/421\/revisions\/785"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/assurances\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Over the past eighteen months, national security agencies, federal
granting agencies, the White House, and members of Congress have
raised serious concerns about systematic programs of foreign
interference and attempts to exploit the U.S. research enterprise.
These concerns include alleged academic espionage, theft of
intellectual property, and threats to academic integrity. In light of these
concerns, we are writing to ensure you are aware of all the
requirements and regulations applicable to international activities and,
equally, to affirm our support for our international community at
Washington State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
among many international students and scholars at universities across
the country. This development is deeply concerning. Washington State
University is privileged to welcome faculty, students, staff, and visiting
scholars from all parts of the globe. This diversity of experiences,
backgrounds, and perspectives immeasurably enriches our research
and educational programs and our community. Washington State
University remains unequivocally committed to maintaining an open
academic research environment where all members of our community
feel welcome and respected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with all of the legal and regulatory requirements that safeguard our
research enterprise. Please note that not all obligations are related to
federal grants. U.S. export control laws and regulations, WSU policies
and procedures, and travel and data security best practices apply
regardless of sponsor. We would like to remind all WSU researchers
to fully disclose external financial interests, affiliations, and activities;
follow export regulations; and safeguard WSU resources and
intellectual property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, federal agencies that support research are reviewing their
policies and strengthening their attention to disclosure of other support
and affiliations. We are seeing an increase in compliance actions
related to existing requirements and expect close monitoring of
disclosures to continue. In extreme cases, failure to disclose all
relationships could result in the termination of funding for a project or
ineligibility for future funding. Noncompliance can threaten not only the
funding for individual projects or investigators, but the University
overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(NIH) has sent roughly 180 letters to more than 60 U.S. institutions
about individual scientists it believes have broken NIH rules requiring
full disclosure of all sources of research funding, resulting in
investigations at 55 institutions and the well-publicized dismissals of
five researchers from the MD Anderson Cancer Center and Emory
University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a \u201cWorking with Foreign Entities\u201d webpage<\/strong><\/span> with policies,
regulations, sponsor guidance, and best practices for international
travel and collaboration. The Office of Research will post federal
agency guidance and clarifications to this webpage as it is released
and be in communication with all research administrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and travel recommendations related to international collaboration:<\/p>\n\n\n\nTravel and data security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
concerning internet privacy. This may result in electronic devices,
such as laptops holding proprietary information, being accessed
without your knowledge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
practices. In most countries, you have no expectation of privacy in
internet cafes, hotels, airplanes, offices, or public spaces. In some
destinations, you may wish to employ additional precautions to
protect your information.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n
device (e.g. USB drives).<\/li>\n\n\n\nExport control<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
for the export, even temporarily, of many items and technology to
countries around the world. An export includes items or technology
brought with you while traveling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
when traveling internationally and attending conferences,
participating in international collaborations formally or informally,
using proprietary information, working with international staff and
students, hosting international visitors, shipping materials
internationally, transferring technology, or engaging in any
international transactions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
research results are not permitted. WSU policy prohibits
acceptance of publication restrictions in research, except in the
case of unusual exceptions which can only be negotiated by WSU
officials who have delegated authority to accept contracts and
grants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nFederal funding agency obligations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
review and update their relevant documents and disclosures as
needed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Support\u201d, National Science Foundation (NSF) \u201cCurrent and Pending
Support\u201d, NSF \u201cCollaborators and Other Affiliations,\u201d and
biosketches should be current and thorough.\n\n
research support provided to senior\/key personnel, even if it is
not administered by WSU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
support and commitments of time, even if not receiving salary
support. Please see the Statement on NSF\u2019s commitment to<\/strong><\/span>
secure, open international research collaboration (July 11,<\/strong><\/span>
2019)<\/strong><\/span> and Dear Colleague Letter on Research Protection<\/strong><\/span>
(July 11, 2019)<\/strong><\/span>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
and on Policies Related to Financial Conflicts of Interest<\/strong><\/span>
and Foreign Components (July 10, 2019)<\/strong><\/span> and an associated
Frequently Asked Questions on Other Support and Foreign<\/strong><\/span>
Components (rev. August 6, 2019)<\/strong><\/span> stating that \u201cother support
includes all resources made available to a researcher in support
of and\/or related to all of their research endeavors, regardless of
whether or not they have monetary value and regardless of
whether they are based at the institution the researcher identifies
for the current grant.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
change in support to senior\/key personnel that occurred over the
last budget year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
international affiliations and support in individual funding
opportunity announcements rather than issuing general guidance.
We recommend carefully reviewing individual announcements, as
requirements may have changed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
its employees or contractor personnel to participate in foreign talent
programs. At this time, the policy does not apply to grant-funded
individuals, but further policy development is expected this year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
comply with all requirements to maintain the confidentiality of the
information in research grant applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nWSU policies and procedures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
Office of Research Support & Operations. Awards must be made to
\u201cWashington State University\u201d and must be signed by our
authorized institutional official. See ORSO Guideline 1: Proposal<\/a>
Review, Processing, and Submission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
of WSU from any source. All gifts solicited from any domestic or
international individual or organization should be disclosed to the
WSU Foundation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
property and any improvements to existing intellectual property to
the WSU Office of Commercialization through the Inventor Portal<\/a>.
Faculty should remind members of their group to do the same.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
activities as required by the Faculty Manual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
institutions, we are examining how our current processes and controls
can be adapted to the changing environment. Additional guidance and
resources will be provided via the \u201cWorking with Foreign Entities\u201d
webpage. If you have any questions about these requirements please
contact Jessica Smith-Kaprosy in the Office of Research Support &
Operations at j.smith-kaprosy@wsu.edu<\/a> or Erin-Kae Rice in the
Office of International Programs at erin.rice@wsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
support of our international students, employees, and visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vice President for International Programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vice President for Research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"