Research Security · Intelligence-Informed
We help universities, research institutes, and think tanks meet the research-security expectations funders now impose: partner risk, foreign interference, dual-use, and compliance. We do the checking before access is granted and before an application goes in, not after something has gone wrong.
Start Here · Fixed Fee Engagement
Member states are being equipped to test the resilience of their research-performing organisations, and the forthcoming ERA Act will move research security from recommendation to obligation. The Readiness Review benchmarks your institution against the Council Recommendation on enhancing research security and the Horizon Europe safeguards, before someone else does. Fixed fee, fixed scope, one report.
Full-Scope Engagements
Partnership clearance, programme development, training and testing, scoped to the institution. The Readiness Review tells you where to start; the work below is how it gets built.
Counterparty
A defensible written assessment of a specific international partner, funder or visiting delegation: ownership, state nexus, military-civil fusion indicators and adverse media, concluded with a clear recommendation. Delivered in five to ten business days.
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Pre-submission review of Horizon Europe and national funding applications: security self-assessments, ownership and control declarations, and consortium composition examined before the evaluators examine them.
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The remediation roadmap, built. Policies, disclosure procedures, vetting workflows and governance structures designed for your institution and embedded with the people who will run them.
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Practical training for researchers, research offices and leadership: recognising foreign interference approaches, understanding disclosure obligations, and knowing when to escalate. Delivered on site or remotely.
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Regulatory fluency
Engagements are framed against the institution's governing regime, wherever it operates.
Who we work with
Sintra Advisory