Pentagon Orders 30 Universities to Finish Research Security Audits by Aug. 31
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 18
Pentagon Orders 30 Universities to Finish Research Security Audits by Aug. 31
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 18
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Aug. 31 is the deadline the Pentagon gave 30 universities to complete research security audits or risk losing eligibility for future federal research funding.
The Defense Department said the reviews are meant to stop unauthorized technology transfer, intellectual-property theft and adversarial exploitation of taxpayer-funded research.
University of Illinois confirmed it received the order and said it has begun a coordinated campus review; an unnamed U.S. official said Harvard, MIT and Johns Hopkins are also on the list.
The directive follows a Pentagon update last month naming 130 foreign institutions—mostly Chinese, plus some Russian and Iranian—as higher-risk research partners.
Higher-education groups said the move implies wrongdoing without evidence, while China’s embassy accused Washington of politicizing normal academic exchanges.