The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's Research Working Group issues a Call For Proposals (CFP) and invites submission of proposals to provide concise unclassified reports in the following areas of interest:
- Emerging Technology: Including China’s advanced manufacturing, emerging technology, and research and development efforts that impact U.S. economic and national security.
- Supply Chain Vulnerability: Including studies on sensitive sectors in which U.S. supply chains are dependent on China now or are likely to be in the future under current trends, and the dependency is not otherwise well known.
- China’s Gray Zone Activities: Including studies providing an analysis of China’s use of gray zone operations, the variety of tactics and resources being used in these operations, ways of measuring such operations, and more.
- Other Novel Ideas: Including studies examining other novel issues relating to U.S.-China economic and national security, particularly issues that are not widely covered in existing literature and research.
Background: The Commission periodically contracts for research on issues where third parties have specialized expertise or knowledge as a supplement to the work of Commission staff. These research reports are made public and generally briefed out to interested congressional committees and offices. This Call For Proposals allows third parties with interesting research ideas within the areas of focus to bring those ideas to the Commission for potential funding.
Successful proposals will address topics that are not widely covered in existing literature, clearly establish the policy relevance of the research, frame the proposed report for a Congressional audience, and demonstrate a strong research methodology.
Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis and must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. (ET) on September 30, 2025.