TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Review of Research Proposals for Cooperation with Former Soviet Biological Weapons Personnel and Institutes: Letter Report from December 2, 2005 Review DO - 10.17226/11576 PY - 2006 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11576/review-of-research-proposals-for-cooperation-with-former-soviet-biological-weapons-personnel-and-institutes PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Conflict and Security Issues AB - An ongoing committee of the National Research Council assists the Department of Defense in the development and implementation of a program of expanded scientific cooperation and exchange in peaceful applications of the biological sciences between American research scientists and Russian research scientists who had participated in the biological weapons program of the former Soviet Union. The committee reviews project proposals submitted to DOD by research scientists from Russia, suggests potential collaborators from the United States, and evaluates results of collaborative projects. This letter report provides the committee’s assessment of the proposals considered at its December 2, 2005, meeting. ER -