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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
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
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 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
November 2022
Grant Title
SecureBio — Biosecurity Research
Organization Name
SecureBio
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,420,937
Date
November 2022
January 2019
Grant Title
Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2019)
Organization Name
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,625,000
Date
January 2019
March 2023
Grant Title
Evotec — Henipavirus Antivirals
Organization Name
Evotec
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,710,588
Date
March 2023
February 2020
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,860,000
Date
February 2020
November 2018
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Projects to Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,904,942
Date
November 2018
November 2020
Grant Title
Binx — COVID-19 Testing Platform
Organization Name
Binx
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
November 2020
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
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
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
September 2023
Grant Title
Exscientia — Agonists for Interferon Lambda
Organization Name
Exscientia
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,300,000
Date
September 2023
March 2020
Grant Title
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (March 2020)
Organization Name
Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,400,000
Date
March 2020
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
Harvard University — Antiviral Research (2022)
Organization Name
Harvard University
Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2022
January 2018
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018)
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,588,162
Date
January 2018
December 2022
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Biosecurity Research (2022)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,648,881
Date
December 2022
October 2016
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,744,000
Date
October 2016
January 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship (2022)
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,869,940
Date
January 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
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
February 2020
Grant Title
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support
Organization Name
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,970,000
Date
February 2020
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
August 2021