Corpus v4· 4,812 policies· 28 jurisdictions· Last revision 22 Aug 2026: Affiliates Rule reimposed

Arqis/Solutions/Universities & research institutions

The grant cleared. Did the lab access?

A sponsored research project can carry deemed export exposure the grant office never sees: a foreign national posted to a controlled lab, a dataset that counts as bulk sensitive personal data, a collaboration that falls outside the fundamental research exclusion. Arqis determines what each test requires for a project, and keeps that answer current as the research team changes.

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TA-2026-1187

Decided 19 Jul 2026 · corpus v1

Monitored

Conditional

Onboard a visiting postdoctoral researcher to a federally funded lab working on export-controlled sensor technology.

Fundamental research exclusion15 CFR 734.8

Deemed export screening15 CFR 734.13

Restricted party screeningEntity list

Bulk data handlingEO 14117

Reopened by corpus v4

Verdict Conditional → Restricted
Exclusion status Applies → Does not apply
A publication restriction added to the sponsor agreement pulls the project out of the fundamental research exclusion

The exposure

One project, six ways to be exposed.

A single sponsored project can carry all of these at once: the researchers on it, the data it produces, and the terms the sponsor attached.

Access screening15 CFR 734.13Deemed export review for every foreign national researcher, not just at hire

Research exclusion15 CFR 734.8Fundamental research status, tied to publication and access restrictions

Restricted partiesEntity listVisiting scholar and collaborator screening against designated lists

Bulk dataEO 14117 · 28 CFR 202Genomic, health or other bulk personal data shared with a country of concern

Sponsor termsAward agreementPublication and access restrictions that change the export posture

DisclosureReg S-K · Item 103Disclosure obligations where a university spinout or licensee is involved

Continuous monitoring

The lab moves faster than the paperwork.

A project is screened once, at award. Who has access to it, and what it produces, keep changing for the life of the grant.

First

The rule changes

A technology is added to the control list, an entity is designated, a licence exception is narrowed. Every project that cited the affected rule reopens for review.

Second

The lab changes

A new visiting researcher joins from a restricted jurisdiction, a sponsor adds a publication restriction, a dataset crosses the bulk-data threshold. The access your review depends on becomes a monitored control.

Verify

We don't decide who should get lab access.

Arqis determines what each applicable test requires for the project in front of you. The principal investigator, the research office and the sponsor can all rely on the same determination.

Decide

Cited, researcher by researcher

Every test on a project or a researcher names the rule it applied, the effective date, and the confidence. The reasoning is exposed rather than asserted.

Verify

Access becomes a monitored control

Every researcher, dataset and sponsor term is watched for the life of the project, not assumed static after award.

Escalate

Arqis computes, counsel judges

A contested access grant or a disputed exclusion status goes to your own counsel, carrying the full trace, so they start from our work rather than from zero.

Who it's for

Built for the teams who sign the award.

Arqis sits wherever a research project has to be defended later, not just cleared at award.

Export control & research compliance

One file per project, not per grant

Every access and exclusion decision cited to the rule that produced it, consolidated into a record that stays current for the life of the award.

Research office & vice provost

Know before the visa paperwork starts

Screen a visiting researcher or collaboration against every applicable test before the offer goes out, not after they arrive.

General counsel

Defensible before the audit

A project with a continuous evidence trail is what a federal sponsor or auditor credits, not a file that was accurate at award.

Principal investigators

A cleared answer, not a six-week wait

Get a screened position on a new researcher or collaborator in hours, with the trace attached if counsel needs to weigh in.

Working session

Bring us one project you're unsure about.

Ninety minutes. We run it against every applicable test on your own research team and show you the trace. No slides.

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