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Research and Technology Protection Attachment
Program Protection Implementation Plan (PPIP) Template
Do not submit the PPIP unless you receive a request from NGA. \s
Guidance on how to fill out the PPIP will be provided with the PPIP request. Common Disclosure Forms for Fundamental Research
Do not submit the following forms unless you receive a request from NGA.

For awards of fundamental research, NGA will request the submission of two (2) Common Disclosure forms for each covered individual after a proposal is selected for award and annually thereafter, coinciding with delivery of the annual Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR). Common Form for Biographical Sketch.
Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support Information. The link to these forms is at: NSTC Research Security Subcommittee NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance Requirements & Standardization (nsf.gov) Due Diligence and Research Security Program Requirements Proposals associated with fundamental research (see General Solicitation, Appendix 6 for definition) shall comply with the following requirements: (a) The proposing institution must establish and maintain a research security program in accordance with National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33), including disclosure to NGA of any changes to submitted common disclosure forms, change of covered individuals, and any indicators of participation in a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program (MFTRP) meeting any of the criteria in Sec. 10638(4)(A)(i)-(ix) of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. NGA will conduct risk-based security reviews of the required disclosures in accordance with “Countering Unwanted Foreign Influence in Department-Funded Research at Institutions of Higher Education”, dated 29 June 2023, and section 10632(a)(1) of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-167), to identify practices or behaviors identified in Table 1 of the “DoD Component Decision Matrix to Inform Fundamental Research Proposal Mitigation Decisions.” Examples of sources that NGA leverages to assess potential undue foreign influence factors include, but are not limited to: 1. Executive Order 13959 “Addressing the Threat From Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies”: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-11-17/pdf/2020-25459.pdf 2. The U.S. Department of Education’s College Foreign Gift and Contract Report: College Foreign Gift Reporting (https://sites.ed.gov/foreigngifts/) 3. The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, List of Parties of Concern: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policyguidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern