The Research on Research Security Program (RoRS)

The Research on Research Security (RoRS) program aims to advance the understanding of research security through scholarly evidence. The program encourages interdisciplinary approaches, collaborations between the STEM research community, research security researchers, and research security practitioners, and considers projects in collaboration with international partners. Proposal topics may include research security threats, methods for identifying and mitigating risks, strengthening research security protocols, and the complex relationships between human behavior and research security policies. The program seeks to fund research projects that produce data, analysis, theory, and tools to inform decision-making on U.S. research security. Some key points to consider are: • The nature and pervasiveness of research security threats • Methods for identifying research security risks and strategies for preventing and mitigating them • Methods for strengthening research security protocol and approaches • The complex relationships between human behavior and research security policies • Research security policies and their implications • Research on organizational change around systemic and cultural factors as they pertain to research security • Research on research security in the context of a particular field or discipline, especially in high-risk areas • The international dimensions of research security