Seeking Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Design, Development, and Delivery of a Three-Day Public Sector Forum on Research Security for Government Stakeholders in Latin America

CRDF Global, in support of the United States Department of State Bureau of Arms Control and
Nonproliferation (ACN) Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR), seeks qualified subject matter
experts to design and deliver a three-day, in-person public sector forum in Santiago, Chile, focused on
research security policy, regulation, oversight, and coordination. The forum will convene government
stakeholders from Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Mexico responsible for science policy, research funding,
higher education oversight, and national security. The selected expert(s) will be responsible for designing
a comprehensive conference agenda; recommending qualified experts, speakers, and panelists to fill
session slots; developing materials for delivery of expert-led sessions; serving as a moderator, facilitator,
or session lead for panel discussions, Q&A sessions, or other non-seminar sessions during the conference;
and designing and providing follow-on consultations with participating governments. The forum aims to
strengthen threat awareness, improve national research security frameworks, enhance intra- and intergovernmental
coordination, and identify country-specific gaps and challenges in protecting academic
research systems from foreign state interference.

Selected contractor(s) will support the design and delivery of a three-day, in-person public sector forum in
Santiago, Chile, focused on research security across the academic and scientific sectors of Argentina,
Chile, Peru, and Mexico. The forum is structured around an inverted pyramid framework, moving from
broad global threat awareness on Day 1, through policy, regulation, and coordination on Day 2, to
country-specific gap analysis, action planning, and commitment-building on Day 3.