Foreign Involvement Disclosure Requirements

Export Control and Research Security has compiled the following information to assist campus researchers and department contracts and grants liaisons with understanding the foreign disclosure requirements that federal agencies have enacted at the various stages of the proposal and award process.

For information on the background of these foreign disclosure requirements, please review the discussion found on the Office of Research & Innovation's Export Control site on International Engagement.

Please note that these requirements are constantly evolving and that this website will likely be updated regularly.  ECRS recommends referring to these resources often.

For federal agencies not listed below, please refer to the specific instructions found in the solicitation, along with any other applicable proposal preparation guidance that the agency has issued. 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

This guidance is current as of 1/30/2023.

NEW (as of 1/30/23): Please refer to this table [PDF] for helpful NSF reference information regarding pre-award and post-award disclosure information in the biographical sketch and current and pending support proposal sections. The table identifies where these disclosures must be provided in proposals as well as in project reports.

Complete the NSF Disclosure of Foreign Involvement Certification