Overview

• An 80-page report released Friday identifies 1,400 papers from June 2023 to June 2025 supported by roughly 700 Defense grants worth more than $2.5 billion.
• More than half of the publications involved organizations tied to China’s defense research base, including entities on U.S. risk lists, which current law does not categorically bar from collaboration.
• The panel cites dual-use fields such as hypersonics, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, advanced materials and propulsion as areas where Pentagon-backed work could aid military capabilities.
• The report backs Rep. John Moolenaar’s bill to prohibit DoD funding for projects with researchers affiliated with flagged Chinese entities and to bar funding for U.S. universities operating joint institutes with Chinese partners.
• A highlighted case involves a Carnegie Science nuclear researcher with concurrent roles at Chinese Academy of Sciences institutions; the Pentagon did not immediately comment, some DoD officials defended open, unclassified research, the Education Department pressed for more transparency, and China’s embassy called the report “groundless,” according to new coverage.