Review of Research Proposals for Cooperation with Former Soviet Biological Weapons Personnel and Institutes Letter Report from June 27, 2005 Review (2005) / Chapter Skim
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Review of Research Proposals for Cooperation with Former Soviet Biological Weapons Personnel and Institutes: Letter Report from June 27, 2005 Review Committee on the Review of Research Proposals for Cooperation with Former Soviet Biological Weapons Personnel and Institutes Development, Security, and Cooperation Policy and Global Affairs THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C.
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GG-13, Isolation, Distribution, and Biodiversity of Selected Vibrios and Their Bacteriophages from Aquatic Environments in Georgia 4) KZ-16, Research on a New Highly Immunogenic Strain from Francisella tularensis, subspecies mediaasiatica, a Candidate for Human Vaccine Each proposal was rated on the following five evaluation criteria: o Scientific importance of the topic; o Quality and capacity of the principal investigator, research team, and facilities; o Provision for strong U.S.
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In developing these ratings, committee members drew on their extensive expertise in biological weapons research and its peaceful applications, along with years of experience with biological weapons institutes in the Former Soviet Union. They also used their familiarity with a wide range of U.S.
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Attachment 1 Composite Ratings of Proposals in Alphabetical Order UZ-10, Ecological and Virological Study of Arbovirus Infections in the South Aral Region of Uzbekistan Scientific importance of the topic Highly X Important Minimal Not Important Insufficient Important Importance Information Quality and capacity of the PI, research team, and facilities High Quality and X Medium Quality Low Quality and Insufficient Highly Capable and Capable Not Capable Information Provision for strong U.S. collaborators Collaborators Collaborators Identified No Insufficient Identified and but not informed or Collaborators Information X Interested uninterested or Identified unqualified Engagement of former Soviet BW expertise and promotion of transparency Excellent X Good Little Insufficient Transparency Transparency Transparency Information Sustainability of research following project completion X Sustainable Unsustainable Insufficient Information
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KZ-27, Epizootological Monitoring and Biological Characterization of the Avian Influenza Virus Scientific importance of the topic X Highly Important Minimal Not Important Insufficient Important Importance Information Quality and capacity of the PI, research team, and facilities High Quality and X Medium Quality Low Quality and Insufficient Highly Capable and Capable Not Capable Information Provision for strong U.S. collaborators Collaborators Collaborators Identified No Insufficient Identified and but not informed or Collaborators Information Interested X uninterested or Identified unqualified Engagement of former Soviet BW expertise and promotion of transparency Excellent Good Little X Insufficient Transparency Transparency Transparency Information Sustainability of research following project completion X Sustainable Unsustainable Insufficient Information
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GG-13, Isolation, Distribution, and Biodiversity of Selected Vibrios and Their Bacteriophages from Aquatic Environments in Georgia Scientific importance of the topic Highly X Important Minimal Not Important Insufficient Important Importance Information Quality and capacity of the PI, research team, and facilities High Quality and X Medium Quality Low Quality and Insufficient Highly Capable and Capable Not Capable Information Provision for strong U.S. collaborators Collaborators Collaborators Identified No Insufficient Identified and but not informed or Collaborators Information Interested X uninterested or Identified unqualified Engagement of former Soviet BW expertise and promotion of transparency Excellent X Good Little Insufficient Transparency Transparency Transparency Information Sustainability of research following project completion X Sustainable Unsustainable Insufficient Information
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KZ-16, Research on a New Highly Immunogenic Strain from Francisella tularensis, subspecies mediaasiatica, a Candidate for Human Vaccine Scientific importance of the topic Highly X Important Minimal Not Important Insufficient Important Importance Information Quality and capacity of the PI, research team, and facilities High Quality and X Medium Quality Low Quality and Insufficient Highly Capable and Capable Not Capable Information Provision for strong U.S. collaborators Collaborators Collaborators Identified No Insufficient Identified and but not informed or Collaborators Information Interested X uninterested or Identified unqualified Engagement of former Soviet BW expertise and promotion of transparency Excellent X Good Little Insufficient Transparency Transparency Transparency Information Sustainability of research following project completion X Sustainable Unsustainable Insufficient Information
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project to facilitate cooperation on biological research between the United States and the former Soviet Union. The purpose of this project is to prevent the proliferation of former Soviet Union biological weapons scientific expertise and technology by expanding 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.
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The committee then rates the proposals in each of the categories listed above. Transmittal to Sponsor and Public Release A letter report containing the committee's composite rating of each proposal is prepared after each meeting and reviewed according to the procedures of the National Research Council's Report Review Committee.
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Attachment 3 Committee on the Review of Research Proposals for Cooperation with Former Soviet Biological Weapons Personnel and Institutes David Ashford, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Carol Blair, Colorado State University Gail Cassell, Eli Lilly and Company David Franz, Midwest Research Institute Christopher Howson, March of Dimes Peter Jahrling, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Paul Keim, Northern Arizona University James LeDuc, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thomas Monath, Acambis and Harvard University Rebecca Morton, Oklahoma State University Matthew Meselson, Harvard University Frederick Murphy, University of California, Davis Connie Schmaljohn, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Joseph Silva, University of California, Davis Richard Witter, Michigan State University Russ Zajtchuk, Chicago Hospitals International Staff Glenn Schweitzer, Director Kelly Robbins, Senior Program Officer Sara Gray, Senior Program Associate Amy Moore, Program Assistant
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