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SPARK Webinar Series

Building a Stronger Research Security Community Together

The NSF SECURE Center SPARK Series brings together research security leaders and experts from federal agencies, including the FBI, NSF, CBP, DOD, and ODNI, and the broader U.S. research community to discuss timely research security issues. Through live events, product demonstrations, podcasts, interviews, and other programming, SPARK provides practical guidance, highlights emerging policies and legislation, and creates opportunities for discussion and engagement.

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FEATURED SPEAKER

Joshua Obstefeld
FBI Intelligence Analyst
Speaker for Origins of NSPM -33 (October 2026) and China's Virtual Targeting Strategy (August 2026)

Help shape future SPARK programming!

Have an idea for a webinar, podcast, speaker, topic, or something entirely new? We’d love to hear it. 

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Who Should Attend?

SPARK is designed for research security professionals, institutional leaders, research administrators, researchers, technology transfer professionals, small businesses, and others across the U.S. research ecosystem with responsibilities related to research security. 

Register. Learn. Build.

Whether you're building a research security program from scratch, conducting your first federally funded project, or refining established practices, these sessions are designed to meet you where you are.

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SPARK Podcasts

Would you listen to a SPARK research security podcast? Take our 5-minute survey to share your interests and help shape its topics and format.

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DCSA, FBI, and AF OSI to Discuss Research Security

Amanda Humphrey and Amy Brenneke (coordination), Joshua Obstfeld (speaker), Daran Adams and Carrie Terpstra (coordinator)

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Coming soon to SPARK

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Stay Connected.

Events are scheduled monthly and promoted through multiple channels including email announcements, our website calendar, and social media. All registered participants receive:
 

  • Session reminders and materials

  • Access to live interactive sessions

  • Links to archived recordings

  • Opportunities to suggest future topics and speakers

  • Post-event surveys to share feedback and shape upcoming programming

Questions about the webinar series?

Contact Grace Ivins at grace.ivins@colostate.edu.

Follow us on LinkedIn to receive event announcements and never miss a session.

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. 2403771. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation or the University of Washington.

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