Section 117 Foreign Gift and Contract Reporting

Section 117 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) requires institutions of higher education that offer a bachelor’s degree or higher, or that offer a transfer program of not less than two years that is acceptable for credit towards a bachelor’s degree, and receive federal financial assistance to disclose semiannually to the U.S. Department of Education any gifts received from and contracts with a foreign source that, alone or combined, are valued at $250,000 or more in a calendar year. The statute also requires institutions to report information when owned or controlled by a foreign source.

Over 30 years ago, Congress enacted these disclosure requirements to promote public transparency about the role of foreign funding in U.S. higher education.

This page serves as a repository for all relevant data, information, guidance, and training related to the required foreign gift and contract reporting.