JMU is a leader in creative production and scholarship and IRES works to promote further international engagement by assisting in screening exported items and institutional collaborators to protect JMU creative artists and staff in complying with federal export control or sanctions regulations. While creative scholarship is covered by the "fundamental research exclusion," JMU creative scholars’ tangible contributions (equipment and supplies for joint activities) or a foreign collaborator or institution described in denied party lists would not be covered by that exclusion.

We offer the following steps to help creative scholars to pursue international engagement confident that they have taken the due diligence steps associated with federal regulations. These steps serve to document a creative scholar’s compliance with possible US Department of Commerce export controls (whether items are emailed, hand-carried, or shipped) or screening for the more than 20,000 listed foreign parties across different federal sanctions or export control institutions.

If the activity requires JMU participants to contribute tangible items (whether as an input or output of the international activity), you may want to receive export control training. JMU offers online training through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). The CITI Export Control Training Instructions will facilitate the start of your training and that experience can support your next steps in determining whether your activity is subject to export control regulations.

To determine whether any tangible inputs or outputs associated with your JMU overseas activities may require license applications, JMU provides an export control decision tree and IRES also is available to assist you in completing the evaluation on whether your activity is subject to export control regulations.

If you believe an item is controlled based on its description or end user, you may also reach out for IRES assistance. Specifically, an email to IRES (IRES@jmu.edu) with the details on the item or party of concern will get you a follow-up response in a few business days.

While the export decision tree for sponsored research provides a mechanism to identify export control concerns based on the country or citizenship of the recipient of a tangible export, the JMU scholars in international collaboration can also identify whether a foreign collaborator or associated organization (when applicable) are listed on U.S. export control restricted party lists.  You can request IRES perform this screening (IRES@jmu.edu) or follow the linked instructions to conduct your own screening.