Visiting Scholars and Delegations

A petition to host any Visiting Scholar or International Visiting Delegation must be requested through the InfoReady forms prior to providing any formal invitation or offer as per Fayetteville Policies and Procedures 206.8. The International Students and Scholars office and the Sponsored Students and Special Programs must have approval through an approved InfoReady application prior to providing student visas. Those hosting International Visitors should be aware that there might be restrictions or prohibitions associated with such visits. Some of these restrictions include:

The National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, and other federal funding agencies are prohibiting sponsored research personnel from participating in Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs (MFTRPs), as required by the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. There is a “final rule to implement conditions in the Act that seek to prevent funding provided through the program from being used to directly or indirectly benefit foreign countries of concern. The rule defines terms related to these conditions, describes the types of activities that are prohibited by those conditions, and sets forth procedures for notifying the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) of non-compliance and the process by which the Secretary will enforce these provisions.” 

CHIPS Program Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce. Final Rule.

Please use these links to the online forms used for submission of

and/or for any

Note that the above links will take you to a non-uark.edu site. This system will send you automated email messages from @inforeadyreview.com or @inforeadycorp.com addresses as your submission undergoes review. Paper forms should no longer be used. In addition, do not bookmark these links as the online forms are periodically updated.

Read the University policy here: Fayetteville Policies and Procedures 206.8

Learn more about visiting scholars and delegations here: International Students and Scholar's Office

Any inquiries related to the Visiting Scholars and International Delegations Program (VSID) should be directed to uarkvsid@uark.edu.

Additional information and forms:

Contact Export Control

Mevin Torres

Melvin Torres

Export Control Officer

108 MLKG

479-575-6725

exports@uark.edu