UVM complies with the US Dept of ED section 117 and NSF foreign reporting requirements.

The Office of Research Administration and Integrity is responsible for the data collection activities and reporting. The following Departments are contacted twice a year for Section 117 reporting and once a year for the NSF reporting.

• Sponsored Project Administration
• UVM Foundation
• UVM Innovation

Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, requires U.S. institutions of higher education to report gifts and contracts with a foreign source that, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts and contracts from the same foreign source are valued at $250,000 or more in a calendar year.

Section 117 ED Webinar (June 23, 2022) (PDF)

Section 117 ED Informational Website

Foreign Gift/Contract Online Searchable Reports

• Reports are submitted twice a year.
• January 31 (covering the previous July 1-December 31 period)
• July 31 (covering the previous January 1-June 30 period).
• Reports are submitted through a secure ED Section 117 Reporting System.
• ED Guidance “Reminder to Report Ownership/Control by, and Contracts/Gifts from, Foreign Sources”.
• Appendix A outlines required reporting element (PDF)
• Appendix B provides responses to public comments about the requirements (PDF).

In accordance with Section 10339B, Foreign Financial Support, of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (42 U.S.C. § 19040), each institution of higher education that receives NSF funding must disclose annually, all "current financial support, the value of which is $50,000 or more, including gifts and contracts, received directly or indirectly from a foreign source" which is associated with a foreign country of concern. 

For further instructions and information go to Research.gov's resource page: About Foreign Financial Disclosure Report (FFDR). 

This reporting is implemented thru the NSF's Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG).

• Annual Report of gifts and contracts valued at $50,000 or more received from a foreign country of concern. Negative reports are required.
• Foreign country of concern means China, Korea, Russia, Iran, or any other country determined to be a country of concern by the Department of State.
• Report submitted by July 31 of each calendar year.
• Reporting period July 1- June 30.
• Reporting applies only to direct recipient of NSF funding, not subrecipients.
• Reports are submitted thru Research.gov's FFDR system.