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Grants
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Grant
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Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
May 2022
Grant Title
Alvea — DNA Vaccine Platform
Organization Name
Alvea
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
May 2022
May 2022
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Research Assistant for Jonas Sandbrink
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$77,000
Date
May 2022
April 2022
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Foundation — European Policy Research and Advocacy (April 2022)
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$200,000
Date
April 2022
March 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Support for Kevin Esvelt’s Research
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2022
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
January 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship (2022)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,881,741
Date
January 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Good Forever Foundation — Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19 Mitigation (2021)
Organization Name
Good Forever Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$200,000
Date
January 2022
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
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
December 2021
Grant Title
Cate Hall — Self-Study for Career Transition
Organization Name
Cate Hall
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2021
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
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
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
November 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution Collaboration
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$451,571
Date
November 2021
November 2021
Grant Title
iGEM — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Project
Organization Name
iGem
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
November 2021
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
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
August 2021
Grant Title
George Washington University — Innovation in National Security Fellowship
Organization Name
George Washington University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$450,000
Date
August 2021
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
August 2021
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Fellowship
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$480,000
Date
August 2021
March 2021
Grant Title
Tampere University — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks (2021)
Organization Name
Tampere University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$20,000
Date
March 2021
March 2021
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — Strategic Lessons from COVID-19
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
March 2021
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
February 2021