Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
FundActive140+ grants. Work began ~2015 (five years before COVID-19). Johns Hopkins CHS, NTI Bio, pandemic preparedness
$283M total
| Grant | Recipient | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2019) | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | $20M | 2019-09 |
| Sherlock Biosciences — Research on Viral Diagnostics | Sherlock Biosciences | $18M | 2019-01 |
| RAND Corporation — Biosecurity Policy | RAND | $17M | 2023-05 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2017) | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | $16M | 2017-01 |
| Californians Against Pandemics — California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act Ballot Initiative | Californians Against Pandemics | $11M | 2021-10 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2023) | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | $10M | 2023-03 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (February 2020) | NTI | bio (Nuclear Threat Initiative - Biological Program) | $8M | 2020-02 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (2023) | NTI | bio (Nuclear Threat Initiative - Biological Program) | $7.8M | 2023-04 |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — Regranting Support | Blueprint Biosecurity | $7.1M | 2025-05 |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships, Policy, and General Operations | Council on Strategic Risks | $6.5M | 2024-11 |
| Icosavax — COVID-19 Vaccine Development | Icosavax | $6.5M | 2020-08 |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — General Support (2025) | Blueprint Biosecurity | $6.4M | 2025-08 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support | NTI | bio (Nuclear Threat Initiative - Biological Program) | $6M | 2017-10 |
| Centre for Effective Altruism — Biosecurity Coworking Space | Centre for Effective Altruism | $5.3M | 2022-08 |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2022) | Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | $5.2M | 2022-07 |
| The Centre for Long-Term Resilience — General Support | The Centre For Long Term Resilience | $5.1M | 2024-08 |
| Alvea — DNA Vaccine Platform | Alvea | $5M | 2022-05 |
| Good Forever — Regranting for Biosecurity Projects | Good Forever Foundation | $4.9M | 2022-02 |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2025) | Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | $4.6M | 2025-01 |
| SecureBio — General Support | SecureBio | $4M | 2024-11 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Educational Degree Program | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | $3.9M | 2022-09 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Health Security Index | NTI | bio (Nuclear Threat Initiative - Biological Program) | $3.6M | 2018-07 |
| KU Leuven — Influenza Antiviral Research | KU Leuven | $3.5M | 2024-04 |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2017) | Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security | $3.5M | 2017-03 |
| SecureBio — Nucleic Acid Observatory | SecureBio | $3.4M | 2025-02 |
| Center for Security and Emerging Technology — Biosecurity Research Project | Georgetown CSET | $3.3M | 2021-08 |
| Blueprint Biosecurity — Policy Advocacy | Blueprint Biosecurity | $3.2M | 2025-05 |
| Columbia University — Far-UVC Sterilization Research | Columbia University | $3.2M | 2022-06 |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support | Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | $3M | 2020-02 |
| Nigerian Institute of Medical Research – COVID-19 Fractional Dosing Trial | Nigerian Institute Of Medical Research | $2.9M | 2022-01 |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships and Policy Work | Council on Strategic Risks | $2.9M | 2022-09 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | $2.7M | 2016-10 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Biosecurity Research (2022) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $2.6M | 2022-12 |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018) | Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | $2.6M | 2018-01 |
| Harvard University — Antiviral Research (2022) | Harvard University | $2.5M | 2022-01 |
| Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2022) | Scholarship (Various) | $2.4M | 2022-01 |
| Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (March 2020) | Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security | $2.4M | 2020-03 |
| Global Shield — Global Catastrophic Risks Advocacy | Global Shield | $2.3M | 2025-02 |
| Exscientia — Agonists for Interferon Lambda | Unknown | $2.3M | 2023-09 |
| Council on Strategic Risks — Biological Weapons Prevention (November 2020) | Council on Strategic Risks | $2M | 2020-11 |
| Binx — COVID-19 Testing Platform | Binx | $2M | 2020-11 |
| Gryphon Scientific — Empirical Biosafety Research | Gryphon Scientific | $2M | 2020-05 |
| Nuclear Threat Initiative — Projects to Reduce Global Catastrophic Biological Risks | NTI | bio (Nuclear Threat Initiative - Biological Program) | $1.9M | 2018-11 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Masters and PhD Program Support | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | $1.9M | 2020-02 |
| Evotec — Henipavirus Antivirals | Evotec | $1.8M | 2023-03 |
| Center for International Security and Cooperation — Megan Palmer’s Biosecurity Research (2019) | Stanford University | $1.6M | 2019-01 |
| SecureBio — Biosecurity Research | SecureBio | $1.4M | 2022-11 |
| Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2019-2020) | Early Career Funding For Global Catastrophic Biological Risks | $1.4M | 2020-07 |
| Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2021) | Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | $1.4M | 2021-12 |
| Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense — General Support (2016) | Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | $1.3M | 2016-08 |
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