AIP Science Policy News February 15, 2022
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is implementing a “Countering Foreign Influence Program” FAQ that involves assessing risks posed by researchers’ affiliations with foreign institutions, even for unclassified projects in fundamental research. It has implemented a review process for fundamental research projects that assesses risks posed by funding applicants’ affiliations with organizations in countries of concern. While other science agencies have likewise expanded their use of disclosure policies to identify problematic conflicts of interest and time commitment, DARPA’s policy goes further by tying the review process to specific categories of foreign entities of concern…read more.