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Future of Humanity Institute — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

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  • Focus Area: Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
  • Organization Name: Future of Humanity Institute
  • Amount: $115,652

  • Award Date: September 2016

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    Published: March 2017

    The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of £88,922 ($115,652 at time of conversion) to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), to support the hiring of Dr. Piers Millett to work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. Conceptually, we consider this part of a larger grant to FHI, which was made later for logistical reasons. We laid out the case for this grant in our writeup of the larger grant.

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