Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs
Scientific funded research or technology through foreign government run or funded recruitment programs that target scientists engineers academics researchers and entrepreneurs of all nationalities.
Foreign government talent recruitment programs. Foreign government talent recruitment program fgtrp. The recruitment programs. I do hereby certify that. And limiting unauthorized transfers of scientific and technical information.
In general such programs include any foreign state sponsored attempt to acquire u s. Funded scientific research through foreign government run or funded recruitment programs that target scientists engineers academics researchers and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the united states. Several federal agencies are working to curb foreign nations particularly china from using talent recruitment programs and other methods to capitalize on the fruits of u s financed r d. Check one no i am not currently participating in a foreign government talent recruitment program fgtrp nor have i participated in a fgtrp in the last 24 months.
Lauer foreign government talent recruitment programs such as china s thousand talents program have been cited by the us intelligence community and the national institutes of health advisory committee to the director in connection with violations of nih policy. Foreign state sponsored attempts to acquire u s. In the latest major development the department of energy announced last week that it will restrict its employees and future grantees from participating in recruitment programs operated by sensitive. To reverse this and to build the size and prestige of china s university system the central government of china recognized a need to attract overseas chinese and top foreign born talent.
In december 2018 the nih advisory committee to the director working group for foreign influences on research integrity. On june 7 2019 the department of energy doe issued the subject order attached which contains new requirements that govern participation in foreign government talent recruitment programs. Chinese government agencies that oversee talent recruitment such as the state administration of foreign experts affairs have themselves been implicated in espionage. Foreign government talent recruitment programs threaten to.
Recruitment foreign government to ensure the continued flow of scientific and technical information consistent with the department of energy s doe broad scientific mission while also ensuring protection of u s. Competitive and national security interests and doe program objectives.