Rebecca Keiser, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) chief of research security strategy and policy (CORSSP), will deliver a virtual keynote address May 23 on the origins of the foundation's research on research security (RoRS) program with Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The keynote address will kick off an invite-only, first-of-its-kind global workshop to examine the burgeoning field of RoRS, hosted by Rice, the University of Houston, IPTalons, Inc. and the Society of Research Administrators International. Participants will identify current themes, major issues and challenges in research security as well as chart a road map for the future of the NSF's RoRS program. The workshop is led by Rice's Office of Research Security and the Baker Institute's Science and Technology Policy Program.
Keiser is head of the Office of International Science & Engineering (OISE) at the NSF. She has served as head of OISE since coming to the NSF in 2015. The office promotes an integrated, international strategy and manages internally focused programs that are innovative, catalytic and responsive to a broad range of NSF and national interests.
What: Keynote address - Responsible Collaboration Through Appropriate Research Security.
When: Thursday, May 23, 8:30-9:15 a.m.
Where: Virtual - register for the livestream here.
Keiser is the first CORSSP, a position established in March 2020 to ensure the security of federally funded research while maintaining open international collaboration. In this role, Keiser provides the NSF director with policy advice on all aspects of research security strategy. She also leads NSF's efforts to develop and implement strategies to improve research security and the agency's coordination with other federal agencies and the White House.
Prior to her post at the NSF, Keiser was a special adviser to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) administrator and an executive-in-residence at American University. She held several positions with NASA, including associate deputy administrator for strategy and policy, associate deputy administrator for policy integration and executive officer to the deputy administrator.
Keiser also served as assistant to the director for international relations at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she provided policy guidance to the president's science adviser. Her experience covers science and technology policy, agreements and other cooperative efforts.
