Name: William Tong

Affiliation: The Daily Northwestern

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2018

Request Date End: 06/04/2025

Details:
I’m requesting the following documents from University of Connecticut in electronic format:

1. Any letters, memos or communications received by University of Connecticut or any of its employees or representatives between January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2019, sent from the National Institutes of Health, Michael Lauer or any representatives of the NIH Office of Extramural Research, related to the foreign or Chinese affiliations of faculty conducting NIH-funded research. To aid your search, terms that may be helpful include but are not limited to (non case-sensitive): “China”, “Chinese”, “foreign funding”, “foreign support”, “foreign affiliation”, “foreign contract”, “foreign financing”, “espionage”, “theft”, “failure to disclose”, “violation”

2. Any correspondence in response to the aforementioned communication (from point 1.) and following correspondence between the receipt date of that communication and present.

I am a member of the news media requesting this information to further public understanding of the operations of the government. I request any fees be waived. Thank you.

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