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Witnesses urge tighter protections for U.S. research and national‑lab collaborations amid PRC concerns
Summary
Panel testimony said PRC actors harvest fundamental research, exploit university partnerships and use academic engagement to acquire technology; witnesses recommended stronger screening, funding and federal‑university collaboration to protect sensitive research.
Multiple witnesses told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that fundamental and unclassified research at U.S. universities and national laboratories is at risk from PRC exploitation, particularly in fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum research, chemical engineering and brain science.
Dr. Glenn Tiffert said long‑standing categories like “dual use” or “small yards, high fences” no longer capture the risk that fundamental, openly published research can be harvested and applied for military or otherwise sensitive ends. He said: “There is…
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