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This grant page is tangentially relevant to AI safety contexts primarily as an example of Open Philanthropy's broader existential risk portfolio, which also funds major AI safety organizations; biosecurity and AI safety share overlapping donor and research communities.

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Summary

This is an Open Philanthropy grant page documenting funding provided to 1Day Sooner, an organization advocating for human challenge trials in vaccine development. The grant reflects biosecurity and pandemic preparedness interests, supporting accelerated vaccine testing methodologies relevant to global catastrophic biological risks.

Key Points

•Open Philanthropy provided general support funding to 1Day Sooner in May 2020 during the early COVID-19 pandemic period.
•1Day Sooner advocates for human challenge trials, where volunteers are deliberately exposed to pathogens to accelerate vaccine development.
•This funding reflects Open Philanthropy's biosecurity and pandemic preparedness grantmaking portfolio.
•Human challenge trials are relevant to existential and global catastrophic biological risk reduction strategies.
•The grant represents philanthropic coordination around novel approaches to pandemic response infrastructure.

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# Science and Global Health R&D

We support research and development into new tools to improve global health.

## Contents

- [About the Fund](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/science-and-global-health-rd/#about-the-fund)
- [Research & Updates](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/science-and-global-health-rd/#research-updates)
- [Featured Grants](https://coefficientgiving.org/funds/science-and-global-health-rd/#featured-grants)

## About the Fund

### Team

- [![](https://coefficientgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/jacob-trefethen.png)](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/jacob-trefethen/)

[Jacob Trefethen](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/jacob-trefethen/)

Managing Director

- [![](https://coefficientgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/chris-somerville.png)](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/chris-somerville/)

[Chris Somerville](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/chris-somerville/)

Program Director

- [![](https://coefficientgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/heather-youngs.png)](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/heather-youngs/)

[Heather Youngs](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/heather-youngs/)

Program Director

- [![](https://coefficientgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/katharine-collins.png)](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/katharine-collins/)

[Katharine Collins](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/katharine-collins/)

Senior Program Officer

- [![](https://coefficientgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/ray-kennedy.png)](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/ray-kennedy/)

[Ray Kennedy](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/ray-kennedy/)

Senior Program Officer

- [![](https://coefficientgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/OK6A9162-scaled-e1767632594105.jpg)](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/aisling-leow/)

[Aisling Leow](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/aisling-leow/)

Associate Program Officer

- [![](https://coefficientgiving.org/wp-content/uploads/current-cropped-Z91_0440-Rafael-Dib.png)](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/rafael-dib/)

[Rafael Dib](https://coefficientgiving.org/team/rafael-dib/)

Senior Program Associate


### Partners

- [**Good Ventures**](https://www.goodventures.org/)
- [**Patchwork Collective**](https://www.thepatchworkcollective.org/)
- **Private funders (x3)**

Interested in learning more or joining the fund? Reach out to [partnerwithus@coefficientgiving.org](mailto:partnerwithus@coefficientgiving.org).

Health technologies like vaccines and drugs [save](https://www.who.int/news/item/24-04-2024-global-immunization-efforts-have-saved-at-least-154-million-lives-over-the-past-50-years) [millions](https://theconversation.com/weekly-dose-penicillin-the-mould-that-saves-millions-of-lives-63770) of lives around the world. Yet many cures remain undiscovered. Government and private sector funders do not always prioritize research and development (R&D) that could help t

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