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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
May 2020
Grant Title
Center for Population-Level Bioethics — General Support
Organization Name
Center for Population-Level Bioethics
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
May 2020
June 2020
Grant Title
Harvard University — Biosecurity and Biosafety
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$315,000
Date
June 2020
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
$1,394,530
Date
July 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
AcceleratingHT — COVID-19 Response
Organization Name
AcceleratingHT
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$50,000
Date
September 2020
September 2020
Grant Title
Federation of American Scientists — International Science Advisory Body for Biosecurity
Organization Name
Federation of American Scientists
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$175,000
Date
September 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
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
November 2020
Grant Title
Global Health Security Network — Global Health Security Conference
Organization Name
Global Health Security Network
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$50,000
Date
November 2020
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
December 2020
Grant Title
Altruistic Technology Labs — Planning Grant
Organization Name
Altruistic Technology Labs
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
December 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
February 2021
Grant Title
Hypermind — COVID-19 Forecasting
Organization Name
Hypermind
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$125,820
Date
February 2021
February 2021
Grant Title
Immune Observatory — Single-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Modeling
Organization Name
Immune Observatory
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$100,000
Date
February 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
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
Tampere University — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks (2021)
Organization Name
Tampere University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$20,000
Date
March 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
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
George Washington University — Innovation in National Security Fellowship
Organization Name
George Washington University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$450,000
Date
August 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
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 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
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution Collaboration
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$451,571
Date
November 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
Biosecurity Funding for Individuals — Work and Study Support
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$554,910
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
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
Cate Hall — Self-Study for Career Transition
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2021
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
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
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
Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship (2022)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,869,940
Date
January 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
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
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
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
May 2022
Grant Title
Alvea — DNA Vaccine Platform
Organization Name
Alvea
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
May 2022
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
June 2022
Grant Title
Convergent Research — Sequencing Roadmap
Organization Name
Convergent Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
June 2022
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
July 2022
Grant Title
Biosecure — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Workshop
Organization Name
Biosecure Ltd
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$155,714
Date
July 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
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
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
September 2022
Grant Title
Wilton Park — Biological Weapons Convention Retreat
Organization Name
Wilton Park
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$47,722
Date
September 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
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
October 2022
Grant Title
Travel Grants for the Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference (2022)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$48,032
Date
October 2022
November 2022
Grant Title
Helena — Health Security Policy
Organization Name
Helena
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
November 2022
November 2022