BioWeapons Prevention Project (BWPP)
www.bwpp.org
Aims to reduce the threat of bioweapons by tracking, monitoring, and reporting
on governmental and other behavior with regard to international treaties.
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/Focus:Biotechnology_and_weapons?OpenDocument
Biotechnology, Weapons and Humanity Initiative to promote reflection on risks,
rules, and responsibilities related to developments and advances in biotechnology.
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention website
www.opbw.org
Provides accurate and up-to-date information about the Convention.
American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
www.asm.org/topicmap.asp?Topic=19
Information about Biological Weapons and Biodefense, including the Biological
Weapons Resources Center.
Center for Biosecurity at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
www.upmc-biosecurity.org
Works to affect policy and practice on issues of international and domestic epidemic
preparedness and response.
Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland
www.cissm.umd.edu/pathogensproject/
Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project, focusing on the dual-use problem and
governance mechanisms for biotechnology research.
Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of
International Studies
www.cns.miis.edu/cns/projects/cbwnp/index.htm
Strives to combat the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
of mass destruction through research and training on nonproliferation issues.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist.asp
Information on Disease Agents and the Select Agent Law.
Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
www.fas.org/main/content.jsp?formAction=325&projectID=4
Biological and Chemical Weapons Control security project, to raise awareness
of scientific responsibility to prevent the misuse of research and promote
public education of the issues surrounding CBW.
Harvard-Sussex Program on Chemical and Biological Weapons (HSP)
www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/spru/hsp/
An inter-university collaboration of research and communication for informed
public policy on issues of chemical and biological weapons.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
www3.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/
Biodefense-related information for biomedical researchers, the public, and
the media.
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
http://www.nti.org/e_research/e_index.html
ChemBio Weapons and WMD Terrorism Research Library and News Archive, content
provided by CNS.
Russian American Nuclear Security Advisory Council (RANSAC)
www.ransac.org/Projects/Biological%20Threat%20Reduction%20Project/index.asp
Biological Threat Reduction Project, focusing on reducing the potential for spread
of biological agents through engagement with Russia and the former Soviet states.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
www.sipri.org/contents/cbwarfare/
Chemical and Biological Warfare Project, focusing on efforts to slow proliferation
and establish disarmament of chemical and biological weapons.
Sunshine Project
www.sunshine-project.org
Research and activism to strengthen the global consensus against and to ensure
the prevention of the hostile use of biotechnology and biological weapons.
University of Bradford, Dept.
of Peace Studies
www.bradford.ac.uk/acad/sbtwc/
Project on Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, providing
papers and analysis on preventing biological warfare.
Verification Research, Training, and Information
Centre (VERTIC)
http://www.vertic.org/
Promoting effective and efficient verification and compliance of
international agreements, including the BWC and CWC.