Pictured: S&GS Co-directors - Frank N. von Hippel, Professor of Public and International Affairs; Harold A. Feiveson, Senior Research Policy Analyst, Program on Science and Global Security and Lecturer of Public and International Affairs; Christopher F. Chyba, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs
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The Woodrow Wilson School's Program on Science and Global Security (S&GS) has announced that the Program has received a five-year $2.25 million base support grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The grant is in addition to a recent $2.2 million grant S&GS received from the MacArthur Foundation in September to establish an International Panel on Fissile Materials.

The MacArthur grant will support the ongoing research efforts of S&GS. The Program on Science and Global Security is a research center that focuses on providing the technical and analytical basis for arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation policy initiatives, and on educating and training U.S. and foreign scientists interested in informing their publics and governments about nuclear arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation policy options. S&GS is co-chaired by Christopher F. Chyba, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and International Affairs; Hal Feiveson, Senior Research Policy Analyst, Program on Science and Global Security and Lecturer of Public and International Affairs; and Frank von Hippel Professor of Public and International Affairs.

"The diffusion of nuclear weapons material and expertise, and the emerging dangers from biotechnology and cyberspace pose new and profound threats to international peace and security. There should be more substantial engagement between policymakers responsible for decisions regarding security and technical specialists with the expertise on these new and emerging threats," stated Jonathan F. Fanton, President of the MacArthur Foundation. The Foundation stated that S&GS's program "will pursue research and outreach to strengthen the capability of U.S. and regional public health systems to cope with bioterrorism and emerging diseases, help minimize the risks from biological research, and develop a new model for multilateral biological weapons control."