BRC Central is a repository linking to eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The BRCs are providing web-based resources to scientific community conducting basic and applied research on organisms considered potential agents of biowarfare or bioterrorism or causing emerging or re-emerging diseases.

These centers support existing and newly developed techniques for bioinformatic analysis aimed at obtaining a deeper understanding of the fundamental biology of a specific set of pathogenic organisms, and efforts to counter the threats posed by these pathogens.