Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

About the National Innovation Network

NSF has built a structure that can expand the Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program throughout the community of NSF-funded and other researchers, entrepreneurial communities, and other federal agencies, resulting in the National Innovation Network (NIN).

About the National Innovation Network

The National Innovation Network, or NIN, is a network of universities, NSF-funded researchers, established entrepreneurs, local and regional entrepreneurs, local and regional entrepreneurial communities, and other federal agencies that helps researchers learn how to translate fundamental research results to the marketplace.