If you have been asked to do any of the following in connection with a foreign entity, discuss the invitation with your department chair/head, dean, or VP.

• Engage in the unauthorized transfer of intellectual property, materials, data, or other nonpublic information;
• Recruit trainees or researchers to enroll in program or activity or accept a position with a foreign entity;
• Establish a lab;
• Form a company;
• Accept a faculty position or other employment;
• Sign a contract or agreement which you are unable to terminate except in extraordinary circumstances;
• Commit a specified amount of time to work for the foreign institution;
• Engage in work which would overlap with your NDSU research;
• Apply for or receive funding from a foreign government that would be awarded to the foreign institution;
• Omit acknowledgment of a foreign institution, or any US federal research sponsor;
• To not disclose to NDSU or the federal government, your affiliation with the foreign institution.

These are red flags that the invitation may be associated with a Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment (MFTRP).  Since many federal agencies are prohibiting participation in MFTRPs, it's important to discuss these invitations with your chair/head, dean or VP, as well as the Research Integrity, Security and Compliance office.