CHIPS and Science Act

DOE Office of Science to develop and maintain tools and processes to manage and mitigate research security risks such as an S&T risk matrix, informed by threats identified by the Office of Defense National Intelligence (ODNI).

Requires NIST to consider the needs of IHEs when creating cybersecurity guidance.

Requires NIST to offer resources and technical assistance to research intensive universities to help them mitigate cyber risks related to conducting research.

Establishes an Office of Research Security, Strategy, and Policy within NSF.

Establishes a Chief of Research Security position within the NSF Office of the Director to manage the Office of Research Security and Policy.

Directs [NSF] to develop an online resource to inform institutions and researchers of security risks and best practices and explain Foundation research security policies.

Authorizes the NSF OCRSSP, in coordination with the Office of Inspector General (OIG), to conduct risk assessments, including through the use of open-source analysis and analytical tools, of R&D award applications and disclosures to NSF.

Expands the requirement for RCR training to include faculty and other senior personnel on [NSF] awards and expands the scope of such training to include mentoring training and training to raise awareness of research security risks as well as Federal export control, disclosure, and reporting requirements.

Directs [NSF] to establish a research security and integrity information sharing analysis organization to enable the research community to share information, identify research security risks, and implement risk assessment and mitigation best practices and procurement of a non-government organization to run this center. The SECURE Program, including the SECURE Center and SECURE Analytics, were implemented to answer this call.

Places restrictions on eligibility for NSF R&D funding for institutions that host or support Confucius [or Confucius-like] institutes.

Directs NSF to collect annual summaries of foreign financial support from universities. The provision establishes a reporting threshold of $50,000 or more in [cumulative] financial support, including gifts and contracts, received directly or indirectly from a foreign country of concern (China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran at the time the law was enacted), or any other country determined to be a concern by the Secretary of State. This is in addition to the reporting of gifts and contracts from all foreign countries with a cumulative value of $250,000 or more via the Higher Education Act and Department of Education.

OSTP to issue guidance to Federal research agencies to prohibit participation in 'foreign talent recruitment programs' by agency personnel and provide additional clarification to the research community regarding which activities are considered 'foreign talent recruitment programs.' OSTP is also directed to issue guidance clarifying that researchers working on Federally supported research projects must disclose participation in FTRPs in Federal research award proposals. OSTP is further directed to issue guidance for Federal research agencies to prohibit researchers working on agency-funded projects from participating in 'malign foreign talent recruitment programs,' and certify both at the time of proposal and annually that they are not part of a malign foreign talent recruitment program.