NRT PI recognized for receiving MacArthur Foundation 2024 'Genius' grant

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.

NRT PI recognized for receiving MacArthur Foundation 2024 'Genius' grant

NSF Director, Sethuraman Panchanathan, recently recognized NRT PI, Keivan Guadalupe Stassun, for receiving the MacArthur Foundation 2024 'Genius' grant. In addition to his many accomplishments, Stassun is the principal investigator of the Neurodiversity Inspired Science and Engineering (NISE) NRT project at Vanderbilt University.