Research Security: NIH Action Needed to Strengthen Foreign Interference Risk Management

What GAO Found The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funds extramural research through awards to universities and other institutions. Implementation of federal research security requirements helps safeguard this research from foreign interference, including misappropriation and unauthorized access by foreign countries and entities. NIH implemented 14 of the 15 federal research security requirements GAO reviewed that address: (1) disclosure, (2) malign foreign talent recruitment programs, (3) research security training and programs, and (4) collaboration and information sharing.