As a way to better understand the risk of Global Catastrophic Biological Risks due to human activities, rather than natural sources, this paper reports on a dataset of 71 incidents involving either accidental or purposeful exposure to, or infection by, a highly infectious pathogenic agent.
This study provides an authoritative resource that: 1) maps BSL4 labs that are planned, under construction, or in operation around the world, and 2) identifies indicators of good biosafety and biosecurity practices in the countries where the labs are located.
Some recent-ish resources that potential applicants might want to check out:
David Manheim and Gregory Lewis, High-risk human-caused pathogen exposure events from 1975-2016, data note published in August 2021.
Filippa Lentzos and Gregory D. Koblentz, Mapping Maximum Biological Containment Labs Globally, policy brief published in May 2021 part of the Global Biolabs project.
2021 Global Health Security Index, https://www.ghsindex.org/.
If you click through to the PDFs under each individual country profile, they have detailed information on the country’s biosafety and biosecurity laws! (Example: the exact laws aren’t clear from https://www.ghsindex.org/country/ukraine/ but if you click through to the “Country Score Justification Summary” PDF (https://www.ghsindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Ukraine.pdf) it has like 100 pages of policy info.