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Biosecurity

2 proposals
11 active projects
$348K
Grants31Impact certificates3
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Center for AI Policy

Support CAIP’s 3-month project on reducing chem-bio AI risk

AI governanceBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
4
0
$0 / $400K
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Tyler John

Philanthropic advising

Technical AI safetyAI governanceBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
4
5
$50K raised
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Nuño Sempere

Fund Sentinel for Q1-2025

A foresight and emergency response team seeking to react fast to calamities

BiosecurityForecastingGlobal catastrophic risks
14
19
$40K raised
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Jonathan Claybrough

Biosecurity bootcamp by EffiSciences

5 day bootcamp upskilling participants on biosecurity, to enable and empower career change towards reducing biorisks, from ML4Good organisers

BiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
2
1
$1.3K raised
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Jørgen Ljønes

80,000 Hours

We provide research and support to help people move into careers that effectively tackle the world’s most pressing problems.

Technical AI safetyAI governanceBiosecurityEA Community ChoiceEA communityGlobal catastrophic risks
12
13
$4.92K raised
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Dan Hendrycks

Research Staff for AI Safety Research Projects

Technical AI safetyBiosecurity
10
5
$26.7K raised
Greg Sadler

Advocate for policies that safeguard against global catastrophic risks

ACX Grants 2024AI governanceBiosecurity
1
0
$65K raised
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Duncan Purvis

Influenza Pandemic Protection on Day 1 through universal priming vaccines

Pivoting this project, due to stakeholder feedback. Former focus was inclusion of a pre-pandemic strain in a quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccine

Science & technologyACX Grants 2024BiomedicalBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
1
2
$30K raised
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Joel Becker

Estimating annual burden of airborne disease (last mile to MVP)

Boosting advocacy for investment in and deployment of technologies for improving indoor air quality

BiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
6
9
$8.2K raised
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Gregory Sadler

Good Ancestors Policy expenses

GAP is an Australian charity, working to improve the long-term future, that requires funding for salary and operational expenses.

AI governanceBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
4
5
$15.1K raised

Complete Projects

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Grace Braithwaite

Preventing Worst Case Pandemics Symposium @ Cambridge

A Cambridge Biosecurity Hub and Cambridge Infectious Diseases Symposium on Avoiding Worst-Case Scenarios

BiomedicalBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
8
13
$4.1K raised
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Lin Bowker-Lonnecker

Pandemic Interventions Course - Introductory Biosecurity Syllabus

Updates, additional resources and promotion for a 4-week introductory syllabus that looks at interventions to help prevent future pandemics.

Technical AI safetyBiosecurityEA Community ChoiceGlobal catastrophic risks
1
1
$1.12K raised
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Miti Saksena

Optimizing clinical Metagenomics and Far-UVC implementation.

3-month research to inform the design of large-scale R&D projects in metagenomics and Far-UVC

Biosecurity
7
12
$41.8K raised
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Jorge Andrés Torres Celis

Support Riesgos Catastroficos Globales

Science & technologyAI governanceBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
3
8
$32.5K raised

Unfunded Projects

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Lin Bowker-Lonnecker

Online Biosecurity Course Starting May 2025

Running the initial online version of a 4-week biosecurity course for 20-50 participants

AI governanceBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
2
0
$0 raised
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Legislative and Policy Innovations for Safer Medical Device Recalls

with a Focus on Neurosurgery and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)

Science & technologyTechnical AI safetyBiomedicalAI governanceBiosecurityGlobal health & development
0
0
$0 raised
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Marisa Nguyen Olson

Building an AI Accountability Hub

Case Study: Defending OpenAI's Nonprofit Mission

Technical AI safetyAI governanceBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
1
2
$0 raised
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Brian Wang

Design and testing of broad-spectrum antivirals

R&D and/or operational support for initial design, production, and testing of broad-spectrum antivirals that could prevent most respiratory viral infections

Science & technologyBiosecurity
11
24
$0 raised
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Johnstone Gikenye

LindaFarmer: Empowering Smallholder Farmers Through AI

Transforming Agricultural Productivity and Financial Access with Innovative AI Technology Solutions

Science & technologyBiosecurityLong-Term Future FundEA communityEA Infrastructure Fund
0
4
$0 raised
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Dhruvin Patel

Travel Funding to Attend Workshop on Biosecurity and AI Safety at Oxford

Funding top-up for an early-career reseacher to attend Global Challenges Project (GCP) Workshop for career exploration in mitigating GCRs

AI governanceBiosecurityLong-Term Future FundEA communityEA Infrastructure FundGlobal catastrophic risks
2
0
$0 raised