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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
July 2023
Grant Title
World Health Organization — Responsible Life Sciences Research
Organization Name
World Health Organization
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$900,000
Date
July 2023
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
April 2021
Grant Title
Georgia Tech — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (James Dahlman)
Organization Name
Georgia Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$882,000
Date
April 2021
May 2023
Grant Title
CSIRO — Henipavirus Research
Organization Name
CSIRO
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$778,886
Date
May 2023
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
April 2021
Grant Title
Stanford University — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (Jeffrey Glenn)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$610,000
Date
April 2021
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
$554,910
Date
December 2021
January 2023
Grant Title
Biosecurity Fellowships
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$520,252
Date
January 2023
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
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
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (May 2020)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2020
November 2022
Grant Title
Helena — Health Security Policy
Organization Name
Helena
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
November 2022
May 2020
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (May 2020)
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$500,000
Date
May 2020
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
February 2017
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Planning Grant for Global Health Security Index
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$476,859
Date
February 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Genspace — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
Genspace
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$454,025
Date
May 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — International Meeting on Governance of Dual-Use Research
Organization Name
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$452,545
Date
May 2017
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
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
May 2019
Grant Title
Altruistic Technology Labs — Work on Biological Risk Prevention
Organization Name
Altruistic Technology Labs
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$440,525
Date
May 2019
November 2018
Grant Title
Viroclinics Biosciences — Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
Organization Name
Viroclinics Biosciences
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$421,969
Date
November 2018
November 2018
