Timeline for How to refer to experience in area X in a proposal when my work in area X is classified?
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| Oct 8, 2022 at 3:55 | comment | added | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | I have had subs on my contracts and they just write something like details are top secret and available upon request. When such a situation comes in, in the event of an award, the Sponsor calls the sub directly and the prime awardee is bypassed. At some point you will either disclose or you don't. The only question after deciding to disclose is when and how (as I describe above). | |
| Oct 8, 2022 at 3:49 | comment | added | cag51♦ | Yeah, this answer would be good if OP were merely dealing with trade secrets or other "privileged" information, but classified information is something different. Classified information simply cannot be shared outside of approved channels; there is absolutely no work-around. | |
| Oct 8, 2022 at 3:48 | comment | added | Plutoro | Moreover, the classified information is not "necessary to convey an understanding of the proposed project," merely to convey my personal experience in the subject of the proposed work (which work is in no way confidential). Therefore, I should not share details even by the NSF's own rules. | |
| Oct 8, 2022 at 3:42 | comment | added | Plutoro | Yes, it seems I do not have options. The nature of my agreement with my internship organization is that without authorization from my internship organization (which is very unlikely), I am not able to disclose details to the NSF (or anyone else) under any circumstances, no matter what the NSF says in their instructions. So should I be vague hoping they understand I cannot be more specific, or just say nothing of my internship experience to avoid sounding like I am grasping at straws? | |
| Oct 8, 2022 at 3:34 | comment | added | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | I'm not sure I understand. These rules say here is how you disclose information that cannot be released to the public. Are you saying you cannot release the details to the government at all? At some point you have to decide to be direct and check the box as described or just state it's confidential and details are available on request. You don't have many options. | |
| Oct 8, 2022 at 3:26 | comment | added | Plutoro | Thanks for your answer, but my questions is not whether I should disclose classified information, but rather how to best convince the reader of my proposal of my experience, the details of which I cannot disclose? My question is not so much about rules as rhetoric. | |
| Oct 8, 2022 at 3:12 | history | answered | yourfriendlyresearchadmin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |