STM joins AAP in support of international research collaboration

As noted in last month’s newsletter, STM sought to raise concerns about the SAFE Research Act (Securing American Funding and Expertise from Adversarial Research Exploitation Act of 2025) with Congress and its potential impact on international research collaboration and communication. In a letter to the House Armed Services Committee, STM and AAP noted that the bill “would inadvertently undermine our nation’s security and prosperity by restricting international research collaboration and damaging the transparent exchange of knowledge upon which scientific and economic progress depends.” STM also offered to work with the House Select Committee on Competition with China to craft a better approach to safeguard “the security and integrity of the U.S. research enterprise” while preserving “with the fundamental principles of open scientific inquiry.” Read the letter here.