NSF Research Security Training

The U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense, is offering online research security training to the research community.

This training provides federal research funding recipients with information on risks and threats to the global research ecosystem and the knowledge and tools necessary to protect against these risks.

To complete the research security training:

  • Visit the four training modules below.
    • Each module should take about 60 minutes to complete.
    • You can leave a module and return without losing progress from this browser.
    • Please visit the National Science Foundation for more information about the NSF training modules.

After completing each module, you must download or print the completion certificate. The module does not store a record of your training.

    Once you have downloaded the completion certificate, email a copy torscompliance@uah.edu

     

    Module 1

    what is research security
    NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth

    What is Research Security?

    Learn key concepts of research security and how to recognize situations that may indicate undue foreign influence. Understand the regulatory landscape that shapes research security and discover what you can do to safeguard the core values that underpin U.S. academic research.

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    Module 2

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    NASA Glenn Research Center

    Disclosure

    Learn about federal funding agency disclosure requirements, including types of information that must be disclosed, how that information is used, and why such disclosures are fundamental to safeguarding the U.S. research enterprise from foreign government interference and exploitation.

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    Module 3

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    Flight Loads Laboratory (FLL)

    Manage and Mitigate Risk

    Learn to identify types of international collaborative research and professional activities, associated potential risks, and strategies and best practices for managing and mitigating such risk. Learner experience will be customized based on their role as either a researcher or administrator.

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    Module 4

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    NASA/MSFC

    International Collaboration

    Learn about the role of principled international collaboration in U.S. science, innovation, and economic competitiveness. Discover how to balance principled international collaboration with research security concerns, as well as how to foster an open, welcoming research environment that fulfills research security needs.

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