Openness concerning material support of research is a basic principle of scholarship.
In making grants for research, government and non-government sponsors should openly acknowledge research support and require that the grantee indicate in any published research financed by their grants the relevant sources of financial support. Where anonymity is requested by a nongovernmental grantor and does not endanger the integrity of research, the character of the sponsorship rather than the identity of the grantor should be noted. 1.3 Financial sponsors of research should avoid actions that would call into question the integrity of American academic institutions as centers of independent teaching and research. They should not sponsor research as a cover for intelligence activities. 1.4 Political science research supported by government grants should be unclassified.