March 5, 2004

Research on Biodefense Can Get Generous Funds, but With Strings Attached

By JONATHAN B. TUCKER

Biodefense research is a double-edged sword for universities. It can bring in important new sources of support, but with major strings attached. In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent anthrax letter attacks, the Bush administration began investing large amounts of money in defenses against weaponizable pathogens such as the causative agents of anthrax, plague, tularemia, botulism, and Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Federal outlays for research and development on biodefense

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