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Grant Information Circular issued by NASA on February 5, 2026 to implement the research security training (RST) and certification requirements mandated by Section 10634 of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 for all research grant and cooperative agreement proposals submitted to the agency. Covered individuals (PIs, Co-PIs, and Co-Is proposing 10 percent or more effort) must certify on their Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms that they completed RST within the 12 months prior to proposal submission, with applicant entities certifying via NSPIRES. Requirements take effect August 5, 2026, and NASA recognizes the NSF SECURE Center's Consolidated Training Module (CTM) as a compliant option.

The NASA Proposer's Guide (February 2023) includes similar language to the Wolf Amendment in a footnote of section 2.16, Current and Pending Support. Per the footnote, 'China or Chinese-owned Company' means the People's Republic of China (PRC), any company owned by the PRC, or any company incorporated under the laws of the PRC. Chinese universities and other similar institutions are considered to be incorporated under the laws of the PRC and, therefore, the funding restrictions apply to grants and cooperative agreements that include bilateral participation, collaboration, or coordination with Chinese universities.

The 'Wolf Amendment' (2011) prohibits participation, collaboration, or coordination bilaterally with China or any Chinese-owned company on any NASA project at the prime or subrecipient level. NASA clarified in a September 2022 presentation that the agency defines a 'Chinese-owned company' as any company owned by China, or any company incorporated under the laws of China, and that Chinese universities and similar institutions are considered to be incorporated under the laws of China and therefore the funding restrictions apply.