Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

NSF’s Convergence Accelerator, DOD partner on a $12 million investment to advance 5G technologies and communications for U.S. military, government and critical infrastructure operators

September 7, 2022

NSF’s Convergence Accelerator, in partnership with the Department of Defense Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, or DOD OUSD(R&E), is building upon basic research and discovery to accelerate 5G solutions to assist the U.S. military, government and critical infrastructure operators to communicate securely anywhere and anytime.

With a $12 million investment, NSF has selected 16 multidisciplinary teams for the Convergence Accelerator program’s 2022 cohort, phase 1 program aligned to research topic — Track G: Securely Operating Through 5G Infrastructure.

Track G builds upon DOD's 5G Initiative — Operate Through — to assess and mitigate 5G vulnerabilities, inform 5G standards and policies through rigorous research, and promote technology development to advance 5G communications for the U.S. military and federal government. Learn more by visiting the full award announcement.