The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit institution, was established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr., then President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation.” The Foundation has programs and interests in various fields, including Science and Technology and Bioterrorism.
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Alliance for Biosecurity
“The Alliance is a collaboration among pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that are working in the public interest to improve prevention and treatment of severe infectious diseases—particularly those diseases that present global security challenges.” “The Alliance for Biosecurity promotes a stronger, more effective partnership between government, the biopharmaceutical industry, and other stakeholders in order to advance their shared goal of developing critically needed medical countermeasures. The Alliance also seeks to develop sound public policy proposals that could bolster national efforts to rapidly develop, produce, stockpile, and distribute medical countermeasures. Alliance member companies believe that innovations created in the biodefense space can inform and accelerate drug and vaccine development in many critical areas. The Alliance supports a long-term national security vision for achieving and sustaining defenses against a range of infectious disease threats that present national security challenges.”
- January 13, 2012
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Alloy Ventures
Alloy Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm with experience in funding and nurturing over 200 information technology and life science companies. Their investments have helped produce such companies as Adaptec, Amgen, Applied Micro Circuits, Applied Biosystems, Aspect Communications, CV Therapeutics, Nuance, Octel, PMC-Sierra, Remedy, and Verity.
- August 6, 2010
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, ‘Triple A-S’ (AAAS), is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association.
The AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy is guided by the over-arching goal of advancing the integration of science and public policy for national and international security. It approaches that goal by establishing communication links among scientists, policy analysts and policymakers. The Center will provide a portal through which the academic community and policy institutes, primarily those who are members of the MacArthur Initiative, can communicate with each other, and with policymakers and their staffs. Read More »
- June 11, 2010
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American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)
“The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) was founded in 1984 to promote biosafety as a scientific discipline and serve the growing needs of biosafety professionals throughout the world. Its goals are to provide a professional association that represents the interests and needs of practitioners of biological safety, and to provide a forum for the continued and timely exchange of biosafety information. ABSA accomplishes these goals by publishing and distributing a quarterly journal, Applied Biosafety and a number of other biosafety publications. ABSA also conducts an annual Biological Safety Conference to keep members informed of current biosafety issues and regulatory initiatives.”
- July 8, 2010
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