{"id":8977,"date":"2026-07-28T16:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/?p=8977"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T20:40:17","slug":"nsf-prohibition-on-collaborations-with-restricted-entities-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/2026\/07\/28\/nsf-prohibition-on-collaborations-with-restricted-entities-july-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities \u2013 July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Important update for National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers and the research community \u2013 NSF recently released a Dear Colleague Letter on Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities (external link)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This letter details an upcoming prohibition of NSF funds being used on collaborations with entities on U.S. restricted parties lists<\/strong>, also referred to as \u201cU.S. Proscribed Party Lists.\u201d This change is anticipated to take place during NSF\u2019s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. government agencies maintain lists of high-risk parties\/entities who are restricted due to national security and\/or other foreign policy interests. NSF has \u201cdetermined research security risk mitigation for NSF-funded projects involving these restricted entities is not sufficient\u201d \u2013 therefore, NSF will soon be \u201cprohibiting collaboration on NSF-funded projects with these restricted entities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please review the full Dear Colleague Letter on Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities (external link)<\/a>. More information is expected to be released prior to the implementation of this change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, the Office of Research Compliance (ORC) offers informational webpages on the related topics of Research Security<\/a> and Export Controls<\/a>. ORC can also screen potential collaborators to ensure they are not restricted parties\/entities<\/a> \u2013 requests for screening can be submitted via email to um.export@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Important update for National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers and the research community \u2013 NSF recently released a Dear Colleague Letter on Prohibition on Collaborations with Restricted Entities (external link). This letter details an upcoming prohibition of NSF funds being used on collaborations with entities on U.S. restricted parties lists, also referred to as \u201cU.S. Proscribed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":5},"categories":[122,5,161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-export-control","category-news","category-research-security"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":122,"label":"Export Control News"},{"value":5,"label":"News"},{"value":161,"label":"Research Security News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"cdoiron","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/author\/cdoiron\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":122,"name":"Export Control News","slug":"export-control","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":122,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":5,"count":7,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":122,"category_count":7,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Export Control News","category_nicename":"export-control","category_parent":5},{"term_id":5,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":63,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":63,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0},{"term_id":161,"name":"Research Security News","slug":"research-security","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":161,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":10,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":161,"category_count":10,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Research Security News","category_nicename":"research-security","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8978,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8977\/revisions\/8978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}