Biodefense and Biosecurity Portal

Are You Conducting Relevant Research?

Learn more about select agents and highly pathogenic agents.

• NIAID Category A, B, and C Priority Pathogens
• HHS and USDA Select Agents and Toxins List
  • CDC Notification of Exclusion
  • USDA Notification of Exclusion
• Federal Register Final Rules for Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins
  • HHS 42 CFR Part 73
  • USDA 9 CFR Part 121
• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
• USA Patriot Act

Read NIAID Policies

• Grants
  • Terms of Award
  • Select Agent Terms of Award Explanatory Statement
  • Review and Approval for Grants That Include Foreign Institutions
• Contracts
  • Language for Contracts and RFPs
  • Select Agent Terms of Award Explanatory Statement
  • Review and Approval for Contracts That Include Foreign Institutions
• Flowchart for NIAID Select Agent Research Awards (PowerPoint)
• NIAID Biodefense and Related Programs
  • Biodefense
  • Radiation Countermeasures
  • Chemical Countermeasures

More NIAID Grant Portals

For more information, pick the appropriate topic from NIAID's main list of Grant Portals by stage, audience, and science area.

Get More Details on Related Topics

• Standard Operating Procedures
  • Biodefense and Biosecurity section
• Questions and Answers
  • Biodefense Research
  • NIAID Select Agent Policy for Foreign Institutions

NIAID Contacts

• For biodefense and select agent questions, see Contact Information.
• For biosecurity and biotechnology questions, including recombinant DNA and gene transfer, contact Office of Biotechnology Activities.
• For science questions, talk to a program officer. See Contact Staff for Help.

NIH Links

• Key NIH Guide notices
  • Investigator-Initiated Grants in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Administrative Supplements for NIAID-Funded Biodefense Grants
• Office of Biotechnology Activities

CDC Links

• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories
• CDC's Select Agent Program

Additional Links

• American Biological Safety Association

Look It Up

• biosafety level
• institutional biosafety committee (IBC)
• NIAID category A, B, and C priority pathogen
• select agent
• terms and conditions of award
• USA Patriot Act

See the Glossary for more terms.