Pre-registration: NCURA Research Security Workshop
Mon, Dec 01
|University of Helsinki and Aalto University
The new administration has meant a lot of change in the U.S. funding and research security landscape. This workshop aims to update, discuss with research and administration colleagues from major U.S. universities their experiences, and learn how to facilitate top quality collaboration.
Time & Location
Dec 01, 2025, 9:00 AM – Dec 02, 2025, 5:00 PM
University of Helsinki and Aalto University
About the event
The new administration has meant a lot of change in the U.S. funding and research security landscape. This workshop aims to update on the status quo, make sure we are aware what each others research security expectations are, discuss with research and administration colleagues from major U.S. universities their experiences, and learn how to facilitate top quality research collaboration between our countries.
This workshop aims at both interested faculty and professional staff:
Please pre-register your interest in participating in the workshop. Attendence for colleagues from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki is free, however, capacities are limited. We will inform you about next steps after Oct. 31st.
Monday, Dec 1st, 2025
09:00 – 17:00 WORKSHOP (Subject to change)
09:00 – 09:30 Welcoming Remarks and Speaker Introduction
09:30 – 10:00 Individual Short Introduction and Current Research Security Organization
10:00 – 10:45 Current US Funding Update Panel Discussion (RCF, US Speakers, Fulbright Finland)
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Overview of US Federal Research Security Requirements
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:30 Administrative and Policy Infrastructure for Research Security and Case Studies
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:15 How to Build a Research Security Strategy
15:15 – 16:30 Hands-on Exercise: Blueprinting Institution Research Security Assessment and Policy
16:30 – 17:00 Discussion
Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025
09:00 – 17:00 WORKSHOP
09:00 – 09:15 Recap
09:15 – 10:00 Importance of Compliance and IP Protection
10:00 – 10:30 IP Consideration at Proposal Submission Stage
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 IP and Pre-publication Data Protection Case Studies
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:00 Data and Deliverables Management
14:00 – 14:45 Hands-on Exercise on Research Security Training Design
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30 Funding Agency Structure Update and Discussion (NSF, NIH, DoD, Finnish Embassy in DC)
16:30 – 17:00 Closeout and Discussion
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