Government Agencies of Interest to Virologists

United States
AHCPR
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
The Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database (BMCD)
The Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Special Pathogens Branch - Detailed information on viral hemorrhagic fevers. Disease information, teaching and prevention materials.
CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
CDC Division of STD Prevention
CDC Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
CDC NCHSTP
The Department of Energy (DOE)
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA Phonebook
Food and Drug Administration HIV/AIDS Page
Health Resources and Services Administration
The Library of Congress
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Center for Health Statistics
The National Center for Infectious Disease (NCID)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Division of Computer Research and Technology (DCRT)
Office of Information Resources Management (OIRM)
National Institute on Aging (Laboratory of Neurosciences) (NIA/LNS)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Gopher
National Cancer Institute's Frederick Cancer Research & Development Center (NCI/FCRDC)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Gopher
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Gopher
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
NLM Health Services/Technology Assessment Text
Office of Research Integrity
Other National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resources
AIDS information
Grants and Contracts searchable information
NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts (from NYU Medical Center)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
The National Science Foundation (NSF)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) (Gopher Server)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) FastLane
The Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC)
The National Small Business Innovation Resources (SBIR)
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases - USAMRIID investigates naturally occurring infectious diseases that require special containment, and provides a critical capability to the Army's infectious disease research program as the only DoD laboratory equipped to study highly hazardous viruses at Biosafety Level 4. The Institute also operates a world-renowned reference laboratory for definitive identification of biological threat agents and diagnosis of the diseases they produce.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
U.S. Government Printing Office
Public Health Service (PHS)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Smithsonian Institution
United States Department of Agriculture - U.S.D.A.
U.S.D.A. Insect Biocontrol Laboratory, Beltsville
World Health Organization WWW Home Page
Global Programme on AIDS
Global Programme for Vaccines and Immunisation (GPV)
Australian Government Sites
The National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia has worked to ensure that serological tests and testing in Australia are pristine. Their programs and services have developed and expanded to serve the quality assurance needs of diagnostic and transfusion laboratories, HIV and HCV therapeutic programs, the pharmaceutical industry, government, researchers, and the public. This site is one of the most comprehensive sources of information available about quality assurance in the laboratory.
Canadian Government Sites
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control Health Protection Branch - Bureau of Microbiology, in collaboration with Provincial Laboratories, develops and uses cutting edge - laboratory technologies to define emerging infectious diseases and to enhance surveillance, prevention, investigation and control of infectious diseases of national and international public health importance.
French Government Sites
Pasteur Institute
Japanese Government Sites
National Institute of Animal Health (Japan)
U.K. Government Sites
The National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) UK, is a multidisciplinary scientific establishment with specialized expertise in the standardization and quality control of biological substances used in medicine. NIBSC has a National and European regulatory role in the control of biological medicines and is a World Health Organization International Laboratory for Biological Standards.
Other International Government Sites
Thailand's National Science & Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), located in Bangkok, is the driving force for rapid science and technology development in Thailand.
U.S. Government Lists of Sites
Government Agency WWW Servers
Government: Agencies (Yahoo)
List of WWW Servers (USA - Federal Government)
Searchable Index of Government Funded Researchers
U.S. Federal Government Agencies

Patent, Intellectual Property & Legal Resources
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) - For over 200 years, the basic role of the PTO has remained the same: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries
Patent Search -
Kid's Pages - lots of fun information about technology and invention for kids and teachers.
Independent Inventors Resources - with excellent information for new or experienced inventors including FAQs.
European Patent Office (EPO) is an international patent-granting authority established under the European Patent Convention. The EPO was established as a result of exemplary co-operation between the states of Europe in the industrial property field. The EPO grants European patents under a unitary and centralised procedure. By filing a single patent application in any of the three official languages - English, French or German - an applicant can obtain patent protection in as many EPO member and extension states as he wants.
World Intellectual Property Organization - (WIPO) is an intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. It is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations. WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States, and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.
Derwent - is one of the World's leading providers of scientific and technical information of interest to patent and intellectual property professionals.
Global Patent Sources Manual
Internet Patent News Service - is a mostly daily news service dealing with information about the patenting world. Topics include announcement from various Patent Offices around the world, stories about who is suing who, interesting new patents and styles of patent drafting, statistics on issued patents, reviews of patent books and computer programs, and biting commentary.
FirstUse.com Online Registry - apply a digital fingerprint to you files to prove that they yours and keep a record of when you created them.
Kuester Law - has a nice collection of patent and other technology law resources.
MicroPatent Patent Retrieval - a global leader in the production and distribution of patent and trademark information.
Patent Counsel's Home Page - Patent, trademark and copyright news, statistics and information provided by John F. Sieberth & Associates.
Patent Cafe - This is a great site for learning about the patent process. Each step is explained in detail and there are special sections for various types of people - attorneys, small business, kids, etc.
Product Invention.com - your portal for intellectual property development.Resources to help professional inventor/engineer/lawyer/agent with all aspects of the product and intellectual property development process. Find sources for prior art searching,language translations, patent drafting, design,engineering,cad,cam,marketing, infringement, and many more.
The Copyright Website - this site demonstrates the basics of copyright for various uses an contains great examples.
Questel/Orbit Patents Home Page - Specializing in the online provision of patent, trademark, scientific, technical, chemical, and business information, the company’s business can be summarized as follows: to gather together leading sources of information; to restructure and convert these sources into electronic format for easy access; to add value; and to market the resulting information services in a wide variety of formats.
The Wacky Patent of the Month is devoted to recognizing selected inventors and their remarkable and unconventional patented inventions.
The Wisconsin Innovation Service Center - Market and Technical Assessment Service run by University of Wisconsin.
Inventor's Assistance Service - Service offered by Oklahoma State University to help inventors navigate the inventing process from idea to marketplace.
Handbook for Inventors - Handbook for inventors accessible from MIT.
MIT Enterprise Forum - A network of 18 chapters in the U.S. and oversees that promotes the formation and growth of innovative companies though education programs.
Invention and Design - Learning Modules offered by University of Virginia to promote understanding of invention and design process.
Glossary of Terms - Glossary of intellectual property terms offered by Washington State University.
Patent and Trademark Searching Tutorials in searching patents and trademarks offered by the Patent and Trademark Depository at the Richard W. McKinney Engineering Library, the University of Texas at Austin:
Patent Searching
Trademark Searching
Information on Patent and Trademark SearchingSearch information and on-line searching sites for patents and trademarks offered by Rice University Patent and Trademark Depository Library.
U.S. Federal Government Sites
The federal government provides help for inventors in obtaining financing (loans, grants and venture capital) as well as help in marketing and setting up their own business.
Small Business Administration (SBA) Business start up, marketing, financing.
Venture Capital - Contains information on how inventors may obtain venture capital.
Business Start Up - Provides business start up information including how to finance, market, and expand your business.
You Want to Do It Yourself - This page provides insightful questions you need to ask yourself up front to evaluate your business and personal goals.
Develop your Business Plan - This SBA site also provides a guide on how to develop a business plan.
Do you need training or a counselor? - Counseling is available through an SBA resource partner called the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE).
Technology Transfer
Association of University Technology Managers - AUTM
Doug Fortune's Technology Transfer Compendium
Stanford Univ. Office of Technology Licensing
TechExpo
National Technology Transfer Center - was established in 1989 by Congress to provide American companies and individuals with access to federal R&D to better enable them to compete in the international marketplace. Staffed with technology transfer specialists, technical area experts and information management professionals, the Center provides technology transfer support via several different areas.
Government Agency Technology Transfer
FedWorld
Federal Gov't Information on the Internet
Federal Web Locator
Root's World of Technology Transfer and Commercialization
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Technology Transfer Information Center, National Agricultural Library
Agricultural Biotechnologies Available from ARS, USDA
Army Research Lab Technology Transfer
DOE Technology Information Network
NASA Commercial Technology Network
NASA Technology Transfer