Amid fears of idea theft, NIH targets foreign funding links.

The article focuses on concerns among U.S. politicians and law enforcement that foreign governments are getting valuable information out of U.S.-funded research. It states in August 2018 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) sent out a letter reminding the need for proper reporting of foreign ties to over 10,000 research institutes. It mentions an indictment of nine Iranians accused of hacking the accounts of almost 4,000 professors at U.S. universities and stealing data.