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Grants
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Grant
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Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
September 2019
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$20,192,755
Date
September 2019
January 2017
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2017)
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$16,000,000
Date
January 2017
October 2021
Grant Title
Californians Against Pandemics — California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act Ballot Initiative
Organization Name
Californians Against Pandemics
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$11,100,000
Date
October 2021
February 2022
Grant Title
Good Forever — Regranting for Biosecurity Projects
Organization Name
Good Forever Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$10,000,000
Date
February 2022
February 2020
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (February 2020)
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$8,000,000
Date
February 2020
October 2017
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$6,000,000
Date
October 2017
August 2022
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Biosecurity Coworking Space
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,318,000
Date
August 2022
July 2022
Grant Title
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,200,000
Date
July 2022
May 2022
Grant Title
Alvea — DNA Vaccine Platform
Organization Name
Alvea
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
May 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Educational Degree Program
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,908,161
Date
September 2022
July 2018
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Health Security Index
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,556,773
Date
July 2018
March 2017
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,500,000
Date
March 2017
August 2021
Grant Title
Center for Security and Emerging Technology — Biosecurity Research Project
Organization Name
Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,330,000
Date
August 2021
June 2022
Grant Title
Columbia University — Far-UVC Sterilization Research
Organization Name
Columbia University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,200,000
Date
June 2022
February 2020
Grant Title
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support
Organization Name
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,970,000
Date
February 2020
January 2022
Grant Title
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research – COVID-19 Fractional Dosing Trial
Organization Name
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,921,000
Date
January 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships and Policy Work
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,898,350
Date
September 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship (2022)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,881,741
Date
January 2022
October 2016
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,744,000
Date
October 2016
December 2022
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Biosecurity Research (2022)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,648,881
Date
December 2022
January 2018
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,588,162
Date
January 2018
January 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2022)
Organization Name
Scholarship (Various)
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,426,491
Date
January 2022
March 2020
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (March 2020)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,400,000
Date
March 2020
January 2021
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2021)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,144,789
Date
January 2021
November 2020
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (November 2020)
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,050,000
Date
November 2020
May 2020
Grant Title
Gryphon Scientific — Empirical Biosafety Research
Organization Name
Gryphon Scientific
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
May 2020
November 2021
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
November 2021
November 2018
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Projects to Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,904,942
Date
November 2018
February 2020
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,860,000
Date
February 2020
January 2019
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2019)
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,625,000
Date
January 2019
November 2022
Grant Title
SecureBio — Biosecurity Research
Organization Name
SecureBio
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,420,937
Date
November 2022
July 2020
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2019-2020)
Organization Name
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,402,330
Date
July 2020
July 2022
Grant Title
Funding for Projects to Estimate Biological Risk
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,391,169
Date
July 2022
December 2021
Grant Title
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,350,000
Date
December 2021
August 2016
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,300,000
Date
August 2016
December 2021
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Catastrophic Biological Risk Reduction (2021)
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,250,000
Date
December 2021
October 2022
Grant Title
Alvea — Drug Development Acceleration (October 2022)
Organization Name
Alvea
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,250,000
Date
October 2022
February 2020
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (February 2020)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,200,000
Date
February 2020
March 2021
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Kevin Esvelt’s Research (2021)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 2021
April 2020
Grant Title
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2020)
Organization Name
International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$940,000
Date
April 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — DNA Synthesis Screening Methods
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$890,000
Date
October 2020
October 2016
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2016)
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$643,415
Date
October 2016
December 2017
Grant Title
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Chinese and Indian Perspectives on Biotech Security Risks
Organization Name
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$613,380
Date
December 2017
November 2020
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (November 2020)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2020
May 2018
Grant Title
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2018)
Organization Name
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$570,000
Date
May 2018
December 2021
Grant Title
Biosecurity Funding for Individuals — Work and Study Support
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$560,910
Date
December 2021
May 2016
Grant Title
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2016)
Organization Name
International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$520,000
Date
May 2016
May 2020
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (May 2020)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2020
January 2017
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2017)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2017
May 2020
