Biotechnology Risk Assessment
Research
The purpose of the Biotechnology Risk Assessment
Research Grants Program (BRARGP) is to assist
federal regulatory agencies in making science-based
decisions about the safety of introducing
into the environment genetically modified
organisms, including plants, microorganisms,
fungi, bacteria, viruses, arthropods, fish,
birds, mammals, and other animals.
The program accomplishes this purpose by
providing scientific information derived
from the risk assessment and risk management
research that it funds. Research proposals
submitted to this competitive grants program
must address risk assessment or risk management
and will be evaluated by a peer panel of
scientists. The BRARGP is jointly administered
by CSREES and the USDA Agricultural Research
Service (ARS).
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