Georgetown University January 2021
Most U.S. research and development (R&D) takes place in the private sector. To truly protect U.S. R&D, the government needs to empower frontline researchers as true partners. That means investing more in supporting security-informed decision making in business, philanthropy, and academia, and relying less on mandates and punitive tactics. To achieve these results, in a report “A New Institutional Approach to Research Security in the United States” researchers at Georgetown University propose a new, public-private research security clearinghouse, with leadership from academia, business, philanthropy, and government have a presence in the most active R&D hubs across the United States. The infrastructure should be built with the needs of researchers and their institutions in mind and organized to sustain a unique American strength—our dynamic, bottom-up research ecosystem. To ensure that the United States remains the world’s science and technology leader for decades to come, federal law enforcement, research funders and oversight agencies should start laying the groundwork for this infrastructure today…read more. Open Access Report