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INT-41 / Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Fund cryptologic research by private individuals and institutions

NSA grants support cryptologic research under an agency-specific express statutory grant authority.

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Authority / instrument · INT-41

Intelligence research and information partnerships

Intelligence, counterintelligence and security

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Director of the National Security Agency.

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Cryptologic research purpose; not unrestricted business investment or general scholarship power.

Recorded executor

NSA research and grants offices

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Institutional routing from the recorded executing role. See the office profile for its published responsibilities and engagement routes.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingPartial disclosure$359.7 million FY2027 military-construction appropriation request; not the agency total.. Institutional/program context, not a funding allocation to this specific action.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRoutes publishedThe office profile lists public routes and their scope. Not every route accepts applications for this instrument.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Possible toolINT-41 · Security & information

Authority holder: Director of the National Security Agency.

Security & information

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Director determines grant clearly consistent with national security.
  • Federal grant/cooperative-agreement framework applies to extent consistent with NSA information-protection statute.

Limits & exclusions

  • Cryptologic research purpose; not unrestricted business investment or general scholarship power.

Funding conditions

  • Effective only to extent appropriated funds available.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

Resources

  • NSA appropriations available for cryptologic research grants
    Office profile

Approval

Execution

Partners & review

  • DNI for NIP matters
  • Relevant CCMD J2 and Service intelligence staff
    Office profile
  • FBI/CIA or State only where required by the activity

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Research requirement → NSA research/grants office → national-security determination → funded grant and oversight.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingPartial disclosure$359.7 million FY2027 military-construction appropriation request; not the agency total.. Institutional/program context, not a funding allocation to this specific action.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRoutes publishedThe office profile lists public routes and their scope. Not every route accepts applications for this instrument.

Confidence: High on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.

Currentness: GovInfo 2024 U.S. Code baseline read; relevant FY2026 NDAA (Pub. L. 119-60, enacted 2025-12-18) amendments reviewed. Target 2026-10-02; source-specific OLRC checks and remaining delta are documented in international.md. No certification of current funds or executed delegations.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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