A 2003 grant to the National Academy of Sciences supported the Roundtable on Scientific Communication and National Security. The Roundtable fostered dialogue among the science, national security, and business communities. It provided a venue for frank off-the-record discussions on important topics such as biological research in relation to national security, the application of "deemed export controls" to research institutions, and the meaning and appropriate protection of a rather new category of research information known as "sensitive but unclassified." The Roundtable also provided many briefings to senior government officials. Based on the success of the Roundtable project, the Academies in 2005 created a new standing committee, the Committee on Scientific Communication and National Security (CSCANS), to "bring together members of the national security community, scientists, and university and corporate leaders to address the oversight and conduct of science at a time of perceptions of increased national security threats." As a standing committee, CSCANS will be able to maintain regular and ongoing communication among these groups and relevant government agencies, help the Academies respond in an informed manner to issues related to science and security, and initiate appropriate activities such as consensus studies, workshops, and open meetings. The Committee held its first organizational meeting in October 2005. The current grant provides partial support to underwrite the initial work of CSCANS over its first two years. Project Director: Patricia Wrightson, Program Officer, Policy and Global Affairs Division.

To support the history project associated with IAVI's tenth anniversary. Project Director: Seth Berkley, President.