EXPORT & SECURE RESEARCH COMPLIANCE

The University of Louisville is committed to the highest level of compliance with all applicable export control laws and regulations. This web site is intended to provide information about export controls for UofL faculty and staff. It is important that you review these federal requirements because you, as an individual, and UofL can be held liable for improperly transferring controlled technology.

What are Export Controls?
Export control regulations exist for many reasons and impose access, dissemination, or other participation restrictions on the transfer of certain items and information. Export control concerns at UofL usually result from one of the flowing activities:

1. Shipping tangible items overseas.
2. Sharing proprietary, confidential or restricted information or source code with foreign persons.
      a. Verbal communication
      b. Transfer of written documents, or
      c. Transfer of U.S. computer software to a foreign national whether in the U.S. or abroad
3. Interactions with embargoed or sanctioned countries, organizations or individuals.

The determination of whether a technology is controlled is critical in determining whether export control laws and regulations apply to the activity. To find out if technologies or data are controlled, review the training material on this web site.

If any controlled information, technology, software, or equipment will be transferred to another party overseas or to a foreign party in the United States, a license must be obtained prior to the transfer unless a valid licensing exception or exclusion applies.

Questions concerning export controls can be addressed to the Director of Export and Secure Research Compliance.