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Harvard University — Biosecurity and Biosafety

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  • Focus Area: Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
  • Organization Name: Harvard University
  • Amount: $315,000

  • Award Date: June 2020

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    Grant investigators: Andrew Snyder-Beattie

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Harvard University staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.


    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $315,000 over three years to Harvard University to support biosecurity and biosafety work led by Professor Marc Lipsitch. Professor Lipsitch is director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics and also co-founded the Cambridge Working Group, which has highlighted ethical concerns and safety risks in pathogen research.

    This falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.

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