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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
March 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Local Response Guidelines
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
March 2020
April 2023
Grant Title
Charity Entrepreneurship — Health Security Organizations
Organization Name
Charity Entrepreneurship
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
April 2023
June 2022
Grant Title
Convergent Research — Sequencing Roadmap
Organization Name
Convergent Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
June 2022
April 2020
Grant Title
University of Colorado — COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Experiments
Organization Name
University of Colorado
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
April 2020
May 2017
Grant Title
North Carolina State University — DIYbio Labs Project
Organization Name
North Carolina State University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$252,725
Date
May 2017
September 2023
Grant Title
University of Maryland — Policy Fellowship (September 2023)
Organization Name
University of Maryland
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$286,000
Date
September 2023
July 2017
Grant Title
Smithsonian Institution — Outbreak Exhibit
Organization Name
Smithsonian Institution
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2017
November 2021
Grant Title
iGEM — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Project
Organization Name
iGem
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
November 2021
April 2015
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
April 2015
June 2020
Grant Title
Harvard University — Biosecurity and Biosafety
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$315,000
Date
June 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
Sea-Long Global Respiratory Systems — COVID-19 Ventilation Helmet Production
Organization Name
Sea-Long Global Respiratory Systems
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$325,000
Date
April 2020
May 2023
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowship
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$326,500
Date
May 2023
August 2023
Grant Title
SecureBio — Pathogen Early Warning Project
Organization Name
SecureBio
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$340,000
Date
August 2023
November 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2023)
Organization Name
Scholarship (Various)
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$352,312
Date
November 2022
May 2023
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Health Security Scholars
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$381,220
Date
May 2023
October 2022
Grant Title
University of Utah — Henipavirus Antivirals
Organization Name
University of Utah
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$385,000
Date
October 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
Convergent Research — Biosecurity Projects
Organization Name
Convergent Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2023
March 2020
Grant Title
Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (March 2020)
Organization Name
Council on Strategic Risks
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$410,000
Date
March 2020
November 2018
Grant Title
iGEM — Synthetic Biology Safety and Security (2018)
Organization Name
International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$420,000
Date
November 2018
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
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
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
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
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
May 2017
