Export Control Tree Question 4, cont.

Is the item, information or software provided under a Non-Disclosure Agreement or a Confidentiality Agreement(1) central to the research program and/or do the disclosure restrictions affect the ability to publish the research results?

YES          NO

Note 1

NDAs and similar confidentiality agreements are permissible ONLY to the extent that they meet the requirements of Dartmouth's research policies. That is, the information must be entirely peripheral to the research program (sufficiently remote from the intellectually significant portions of the research) and the disclosure restriction must not affect the ability to publish the research results.

If you accept confidential or proprietary information subject to a Confidentiality or Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), and you have agreed that the information may not be published or made publicly available as part of your research results, this information will be considered to be export-controlled. As a result, if you wish to share that information with a foreign national (including foreign nationals here at Stanford), you may be required to obtain an export license.

If you have a concern that your NDA may relate to export controlled information or material that is central to the research program, contact the Director of the Office of Sponsored Projects.