Department of Defense List of Institutions of Concern: Section 1286 List

Fiscal Year 2025 Lists Published in Response to Section 1286 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232), as amended

Section 1286 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 directed the Department of Defense (DoD) to create and maintain a list of foreign institutions determined by DoD to have engaged in "problematic behavior" to obtain research and IP from US universities. Many of these institutions are also on other federal government lists of organizations subject to elevated export or sanctions restrictions (Entity List, Unverified List, Military End User List, and Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List). Any researcher considering activities with any institutions on the 1286 List or other federal lists must first contact the Export Controls and Research Security team at [email protected].
 

Institutions on 1286 List

InstitutionCountry

Academy of Military Medical Sciences and affiliates

  • Field Blood Transfusion Institution
  • Institute of Basic Medicine
  • Institute of Bioengineering
  • Institute of Disease Control and Prevention
  • Institute of Health Service and Medical Information
  • Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine
  • Institute of Medical Equipment
  • Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology (a.k.a. Institute of Microbial Epidemiology)
  • Institute of Radiation and Radiation Medicine (a.k.a. Institute of Electromagnetic and Particle Radiation Medicine)
  • Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology (a.k.a. Institute of Toxicology and Drugs)
  • Military Veterinary Research Institute 
China
Air Force Aviation UniversityChina
Air Force Command CollegeChina
Air Force Communication NCO AcademyChina
Air Force Early Warning AcademyChina
Air Force Engineering UniversityChina
Air Force Harbin Flight AcademyChina
Air Force Logistics AcademyChina
Air Force Medical UniversityChina
Air Force Shijianzhuang Flight Academy China
Air Force Xi'an Flight Academy China
Amirkabir University of Technology Iran 
Army Academy of Armored Forces China
Army Academy of Artillery and Air Defense China
Army Academy of Border and Coastal Defense China
Army Aviation Academy China
Army Engineering University China
Army Infantry College China
Army Institute of NBC Defense China
Army Logistics Academy China
Army Medical University China
Army Military Transportation University China

Army Service Arms University

  • Army University
  • Army Combat Arms University
  • Army Branches University 
China
Army Special Operations AcademyChina
Astrakhan State University Russia
ATR Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing at Shenzhen University China

Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences

  • Baghyatollah Medical Sciences University 
Iran
Bauman Moscow State Technical University Russia

Beihang University

  • Formerly Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 
China
Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences China

Beijing Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology Research Institute

  • Aviation Industry Corporation of China's
  • (AVIC) Institute 625
  • AVIC Beijing Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology Research Institute
China

Beijing Computational Science Research Center

  • Beijing Computing Science Research Center 
China
Beijing Institute of Technology China
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research

  • Beijing High Voltage Research Center 
China

Center for International Security and Strategy of Tsinghua University

  • CISS Tsinghua 
China

Changchung University of Science and Technology 

  • Formerly Changchun Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics 
China

China Coast Guard Academy

  • People’s Armed Police China Coast Guard Academy 
China

China Academy of Engineering Physics and affiliates

  • Ninth Academy
  • Ninth Institute
  • Southwest Computing Center
  • Southwest Institute of Applied Electronics
  • Southwest Institute of Chemical Materials
  • Southwest Institute of Electronic Engineering
  • Southwest Institute of Environmental Testing
  • Southwest Institute of Explosives and Chemical Engineering
  • Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics
  • Southwest Institute General Designing and Assembly
  • Southwest Institute of Machining Technology
  • Southwest Institute of Materials
  • Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry
  • Southwest Institute of Research and Applications of Special Materials Factory
  • Southwest Institute of Structural Materials
  • High Power Laser Laboratory, Shanghai
  • Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 
China

Chinese Academy of Sciences and select affiliates

  • Aerospace Information Research Institute
  • Institute of Computing Technology
  • Institute of Physics
  • National Time Service Center
  • Institute of Microelectronics
  • Key Laboratory for Quantum Information
  • Shenyang Institute of Automation
  • Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology
  • Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics
  • Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization 
China
Chongqing University China
Chongqing University of Technology China
Dalian Naval Academy China
Dalian University of Technology China

Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave Technology at Xidian University

  • Antenna Institute
  • Key Laboratory of Antenna and Microwave Technology
  • National Key Laboratory of Antenna and Microwave Technology
  • Antennas and Microwave Technology Key Laboratory of National Defense
  • Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave Technology
  • Science and Technology on Antenna and Microwave Laboratory
  • State Key Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave Technology
  • National Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave Technology 
China

Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Electronic Measurement Technology at North University of China

  • National Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology
  • Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology
  • National Defense Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology
  • China Electronics Technology Instruments Co., Ltd (CETI) Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology
  • CETC 41st RI Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology
  • North University of China Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology
  • North University of China School of Instrument and Electronics Key Laboratory for Electronic Measurement Technology
  • Key Laboratory of Signal Detection 
China

Defense S&T Key Laboratory of High-Power Semiconductor Lasers at Changchun University of Science and Technology

  • State Key Laboratory of High Power Semiconductor Laser of Changchun University of Science and Technology
  • State Key Laboratory on High-Power Semiconductor Lasers
  • National Key Laboratory on High Power Semiconductor Laser 
China
Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Information Systems Engineering China

Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Lightweight, Highstrength Structural Materials at Central South University

  • National Key Laboratory for High-strength Structural Materials
  • National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology for National Defence on Highstrength Structural Materials 
  • National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology for National Defence on Highstrength Lightweight Structural Materials 
China

Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Multi-spectral Information Processing Technology at Huazhong University of S&T

  • National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Multi-spectral Information Processing
  • National Key Laboratory of Multi-spectral Information Processing Technology 
China

Defense S&T Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing at Xidian University

  • National Key Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing
  • Xidian Electronic Research Institute
  • Key Lab for Radar Signal Processing
  • State Lab of Radar Signal Processing 
China
Federal Research Center Boreskov Institute of Catalysis Russia

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education

  • Russian Technological University
  • MIREA-Russian Technological University
  • RTU-MIREA 
Russia
Federal State Budgetary Institute A.V. Zhirmunskiy National Scientific Research Center of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences Russia
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry named after Academicians M.M. Shemyakin and Yu.A. Ovchinnikov, Russian Academy of Sciences Russia
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Federal Research Center Pushchino Scientific Center for Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences Russia
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia
Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science P.I.K.A. Valiev RAS of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia Russia

Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution Research and Production Complex Technology Center

  • SMC Technological Centre
  • Scientific Manufacturing Complex Technological Center
  • NPK Technological Center 
Russia

Federal State Institution Federal Scientific Center Scientific Research Institute for System Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences

  • Federalnoe Gosudarstvennoe Uchrezhdenie Federalnyy Nauchnyy Tsentr NauchnoIssledovatelskiy Institut Sistemnykh Issledovaniy Rossiyskoy Akademii Nauk
  • FGU FNTS NIISI RAN
  • FSI FSC SRISA RAS
  • Scientific Research Institute of System Analysis, Russian Academy of Sciences 
Russia

Federal State Unitary Enterprise All-Russian Research Institute of Physical, Technical and Radio Engineering Measurements

  • FGUP VNIIFTRI 
Russia

Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics 

  • CNIIHM • Federalnoe Gosudarstvennoe Unitarnoe Predpriyatie Tsentralny NauchnoIssledovatelski Institut Khimii I Mekhaniki
  • FGUP CNIIXM
  • FGUP TSNIIKHM
  • FSUE CNIIHM
  • FSUE TSNIIKHM
  • GNTS RF FGUP TSNIIKHM
  • State Research Center of the Russian Federation FGUP Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics
  • Tsentralny Naucho-Issledovatelsky Institut Khimii I Mekhaniki, FGUP
  • TSNIIKHM 
Russia
Fudan University China
Ground Force Command College China
Guilin University of Electronic Technology China

Hangzhao Dianzi University

  • Hangzhou Electronic Science and Technology University 
China
Harbin Engineering UniversityChina
Harbin Institute of Technology China
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale China
Imam Baqir University Iran

Imam Hussein University

  • Imam Hossein University
  • Imam Hossein Comprehensive University
  • Imam Hussein Military University
  • Imam Hussein University of the Revolutionary Guards 
Iran
Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics Russia

Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

  • Institute of Solid State Physics
  • Osipyan Institute of Solid State Physics 
Russia
Joint Logistics Support Force Engineering University China

Kazan National Research Technical University named after A.N. Tupolev-KAI

  • Kazan National Technical Research University
  • Kazan Aviation Institute 
Russia

Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics

  • Institute of Applied Mathematics, M.V. Keldysha 
Russia
Kuznetsov Naval Academy Russia

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod

  • National Research State University of Nizhny Novgorod Named after N.I. Lobachevsky
  • Nizhny Novgorod National Research State University Named after N.I. Lobachevsky 
Russia

Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology

  • Luoyang Institute of Technology 
China

Malek Ashtar University

  • Malek Ashtar University of Technology
  • Malik Ashtar University of Technology
  • Malek Ashtar Technical University
  • Malek Ashtar Aviation University Complex
  • Malek Ashtar University of Defense Technology 
Iran
Moscow Aviation Institute Russia

Moscow’s Higher School of Economics

  • National Research University Higher School of Economics 
Russia

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

  • MFTI
  • Phys Tech 
Russia

Moscow State University

  • M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia
Nanjing Institute of Astronomical Optics and Technology China
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China
Nanjing University of Science and Technology China
National Defense University China

National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”

  • Kurchatov Institute 
Russia

National University of Defense Technology

  • Central South CAD Center
  • CSCC
  • Hunan Guofang Keji University 
China
Naval Aviation University China
Naval Command College China
Naval Medical University China
Naval Non-Commissioned Officer School China
Naval Submarine Academy China
Naval University of Engineering China

Naval University of Imam Khomeini

  • Imam Khomeini Maritime University
  • Imam Khomeini Naval Academy
  • Imam Khomeini Naval University of Noshahr
  • Imam Khomeini University of Marine Sciences and Technologies 
Iran

North University of China

  • Zhongbei University 
China

Northwestern Polytechnical University

  • Northwestern Polytechnic University
  • Northwest Polytechnic University
  • Northwest Polytechnical University 
China
Ocean University of China China

P. I. Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motor Development 

  • Central Institute for Aviation Motor Development named after P. I. Baranov
  • Central Institute of Aviation Motors 
Russia

P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

  • Lebedev Physical Institute
  • P.N. Lebedev Institute of Physics
  • Lebedev Institute 
Russia
Rocket Force Command College China
Rocket Force Engineering University China
Rocket Force Non-Commissioned Officer School China

Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS

  • ISP SB RAS
  • Institute of Semiconductor Physics IM A.V. Rzhanov 
Russia

Shahid Sattari Air Force University

  • Shahid Sattari University of Aeronautical Engineering
  • Shahid Sattari Air Academy
  • Shahid Sattari University of Aeronautical Sciences and Technologies 
Iran
Shandong University China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University China

Sharif University of Technology

  • SHFT 
  • UT
  • Sharif Technical University
Iran

Shenyang Aerospace University

  • Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering 
China

Shenyang Ligong University

  • Shenyang Institute of Technology 
China

Siberian Scientific-Research Institute of Aviation

  • Chaplygin Siberian Scientific Research Institute Of Aviation
  • SibNIA 
Russia
Sichuan University China

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

  • Skoltech 
Russia

Space Engineering University

  • Aerospace Engineering University of the People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
  • Strategic Support Force Space Engineering University 
 

Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University

  • Zhengzhou Information Science and Technology Institute 
China

Sun Yat-sen University

  • Zhongshan University 
China

Supreme National Defense University

  • National Defense University and Institute for Strategic Research
  • University and Higher Research Institute for National Defense and Strategic Research 
Iran

Tactical Missile Corporation, Concern “MPO— Gidropribor”

  • Joint Stock Company Concern Sea Underwater Weapons Gidropribor
  • Research Institute “Gidpropridor” 
Russia

Tactical Missile Corporation, Joint Stock Company GosNIIMash

  • PPORosprofprom V “GOSNIIMASH”
  • State Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering
  • Pervichnaya Profsoyuznaya Organizatsiya Rossiskogo Profsoyuza Rabotnikov Promyshlennosti V
  • “GOSNIIMASH”
  • Joint Stock Company “State Research Institute of Mechanic 
Russia
Tianjin University China

Tomsk Polytechnic University

  • National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University 
Russia
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China

University of International Relations

  • School of International Relations
  • Institute of International Relations 
China

Ural Federal University named after B.N. Yeltsin, the First President of Russia

  • UrFU 
Russia
Xi’an Jiaotong University China

Xi’an Technological University

  • Xi’an University of Technology 
China

Xidian University

  • Xi’an Electronic Science and Technology University 
China