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Export Controls

Screening Persons and Entities

Resources for Researchers

When to Screen?

The UPRM must verify that our stakeholders (facullty, staff, students, vendors, consultants and subawardees) are not in one of U.S. list of prohibited people or entities. When you are:

Hiring of Regular and Contract Faculty and Staff

  • Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
  • Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
  • List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
  • Entity List- Regulated by the Federal Law 15CFR744 - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide

Accepting a Regular Student 

  • Denied Persons List- Regulated by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
  • Specially Designated Nationals List- Regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
  • List of Statutorily Debarred Parties- Regulated by the Department of State - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide
  • Entity List- Regulated by the Federal Law 15CFR744 - Instructions in the Export Restriction Lookup Guide

Awards: Faculty, Staff and Students (this include Visiting Students from programs such as the Institute of International Education - IIE)

Vendors and Consultants 

Awards: Subawardees 

 

Introduction to the UPRM Export Controls' Website

Export Restriction Lookup Guide

In the process of exporting, the government provides users various ways avoiding a problem with export regulators by providing various restriction list. There are many lists that are found in various websites of various federal agencies, however, there are four major lists that need to be checked before working with any foreign entity or national:

The Export Restriction Lookup Guide is a step-by-step guide on how to easily search the above lists. Click on the link to download the file.

 

If you have any questions regarding prohibited entity or person screening, contact Dr. María Amador-Dumois, Interim Export Control Officer, Research and Development Center, at extension 5344 and via e-mail at exportcontrols@uprm.edu.

- Export Restriction Lookup Guide
export_restriction_lookup_guide.docx