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.

Delaware NRT MIDAS promotes outreach activity — three science comics!

The University of Delaware's NSF Research Traineeship in Computing and Data Science Training for Materials Innovation, Discovery, and AnalyticS (NRT-MIDAS) hosted a summer outreach event for their trainees that produced three comics describing the program. For more information about the NRT-MIDAS program, visit their website.

Three Scientists Tackling PFAS

Frame 1 of NRT MIDAS comic

Scientist Superheroes Engineer New Environmentally Friendly Plastics

Frame 2 of NRT MIDAS comic

A Day in the Life of Scientist Adiah Lee

Frame 3 of NRT MIDAS comic