GPCR Compliance Simulator 2.0

The GPCR (Geopolitical Partnership Compliance Register) Simulator is an interactive compliance stress-testing engine created by Societās Partnerships, a boutique higher-education internationalisation advisory firm. It lets universities stress-test proposed or existing international research partnerships — or an entire portfolio of partnerships — against Western research-security frameworks, export-control regimes, restricted-entity lists, and Global South data-sovereignty considerations. It evaluates your selections (funding body, lead jurisdiction, partner country, partner institution, and technology domain) to produce a color-coded (RED / AMBER / GREEN) risk verdict paired with a structured compliance playbook, before an institution applies for funding or signs an MoU. Crucially, all assessment calculations run privately in your browser — there is no server-side retention of the partnership data you enter.

The simulator is designed with a dual audience in mind to prevent information asymmetries from disadvantaging collaborators: • For Global North institutions: it helps research-security officers, international offices, and grants teams anticipate whether a proposed partnership will trigger funder ineligibility, export-control exposure, or national-security review before significant time, resources, and reputational capital are committed. • For Global South institutions: it makes the often-opaque compliance perimeter of Northern funders and partners legible and navigable. This ensures Global South universities can enter negotiations from a position of informed sovereignty, surfacing the exact same regulatory picture as their Northern counterparts rather than discovering hidden constraints after agreements are finalized.

The compliance simulator is anchored in Societās Partnerships' academic and strategic research, drawing on three core intellectual frameworks: • The Gated Republic: the emerging geopolitical enclosure of research collaboration behind national-security perimeters. • Multipolarity: a fragmenting global order in which no single geopolitical bloc sets the rules for international science. • Global Scholarship: the vital case for preserving open, equitable knowledge partnerships across a fragmenting order. You can read our in-depth research on these topics in the Societās Reports & Insights section.

The simulator's deterministic rules engine evaluates partnerships against the following specific regulatory instruments: • Canada: The Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC), including the Named Research Organizations (NRO) list and Sensitive Technology Research Areas (STRA); and the National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships (NSGRP). • United States: OFAC sanctions (Specially Designated Nationals list); Department of Defense Section 1286 list of restricted entities; CHIPS and Science Act research-security provisions; NSPM-33 disclosure requirements; and Presidential Proclamation 10043 visa restrictions. • European Union: Horizon Europe Article 22(5) third-party participation restrictions; and EU restrictive measures. • United Kingdom: National Security and Investment (NSI) Act. • Australia: Defence Trade Controls Act (DTCA 2024). • Export-control / entity screening: US BIS Affiliates Rule (incorporating the November 2026 talent program snapback). • Data-sovereignty context: China's Network Data Security Management Regulations (and comparable partner-jurisdiction data-localisation regimes) representing the "double-bind" layer. • Geopolitical schema: The Societās Gated Republic jurisdiction schema (Strategic Zones 1A through 6) used to classify country risk. *Note: This list reflects the current vault version and is updated on a quarterly cadence.*

• Multi-Jurisdictional: Screens across US, Canadian, EU, UK, Australian, and data-sovereignty regimes in a single pass. • Deterministic & Transparent: Every assessment is rules-based; the exact rule that decided the verdict is shown in Expert Mode. • Bilingual: Full English and Spanish localization for global teams. • Zero-Retention Privacy: Runs client-side in the browser; your entries never touch our servers or train external AI models. • Dual-Mode: Screens individual projects or handles bulk portfolio triage via CSV upload. • Actionable Playbooks: Provides practical mitigation steps (Retain, Re-paper, Ring-fence, Restructure, or Exit) rather than a bare pass/fail.

• Quarterly Cadence: It is a dated, versioned snapshot maintained on a quarterly cadence, not a live, real-time regulatory feed. • Curated Top-Tier Focus: It screens against a curated database of the highest-risk entities, not an exhaustive global register. A "not listed" result does not certify an entity as clear; standard institutional due diligence must still be performed. • Declared Parents Only: Evaluates declared parent organizations; it does not resolve complex beneficial-ownership graphs or shell company networks. • Analytical Construct: The technology-sensitivity tiers are a Societās analytical construct designed to normalize flat, non-numeric government lists (such as the Canada STL and US CET). • Non-Legal Counsel: It provides strategic compliance intelligence. It is not legal advice; all obligations must be confirmed with qualified legal counsel in your respective jurisdiction. • Beta Product: The tool is currently in active Beta.