Cornell University Office of Research Integrity and Assurance

• General Information
  • Export Controls Affecting University Research
  • Consequences for Funding
• General Prohibitions
• Humanities &
  Social Sciences
  • Primer
  • Decision Tree: International Travel or Research Activities
• Science & Engineering
  • Primer
  • Space-Related Transfers
  • Decision Trees
  • I: Purchasing or Using Equipment
  • II: Travel Outside the U.S.
  • III: Sharing Technology or Technical Data with Non-U.S. Persons
• Regulatory Updates
• Current Regulations
• Form 10

Introduction to Export Controls Compliance

Cornell is committed to maintaining the public trust in its compliance with the laws and regulations that govern its conduct of research and scholarly activities, including those governing the export and import of physical/tangible items, information, and software.

For that purpose, the Office of Research Integrity & Assurance (ORIA) has devised two separate primers and sets of decision trees on export controls for researchers and administrators in (1) the humanities and social sciences and (2) science and engineering.

At a minimum, you may go directly to the appropriate Decision Tree before traveling abroad, purchasing or using research equipment or sharing technology or technical data with a non-U.S. person. If you are involved with space sciences, please be sure to read about Space-Related Transfers of items, software or technical data.

As you access these resources, remember these two concepts:

(A) Export controls address items, information, and software:

(B) If your export is controlled, you do not necessarily need a license.