Office of Research, Economic, and Science Security

The USDA Office of Research, Economic, and Science Security (ORESS)—which is housed in the Office of the Chief Scientist—provides leadership and coordination to ensure that USDA scientific endeavors promote agricultural and economic prosperity and defend the scientific foundations of agriculture.

ORESS provides holistic leadership across the Department to protect USDA equities from adversarial foreign investment risks and economic statecraft at home and abroad—securing research and technology to be free from malign and undue foreign influence and maximizing U.S. agricultural innovation both at home and with allies and partners. Additionally, ORESS leads and coordinates policies and training resources to prevent unwanted technology transfer, appropriately protect and leverage data and intellectual property, and inform domestic and international collaborations.

The work of ORESS—both within USDA and across the Federal government—will ensure U.S. agricultural innovation funded by taxpayers can be leveraged to maximize the benefit for American agriculture.

Research Security Across the Federal Government

White House:
National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (NSPM-33)

USDA:
National Farm Security Action Plan (PDF, 1.2 MB)
America First Memorandum for USDA Arrangements and Research Security (PDF, 4.0 MB)
USDA General Terms and Conditions

National Science Foundation (NSF):
Research Security at NSF
NSF SECURE Center Consolidated Training Module

Department of War (DoW):
Academic Research Security
SBIR/STTR Due Diligence
Global Investment and Economic Security

Department of Energy (DOE):
Research, Technology, and Economic Security

Contact ORESS

If you are a recipient of research funding from USDA, or a staff member of a Federal agency with a research security-related concern or question, and would like input from ORESS, please contact researchsecurity@usda.gov.