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Next Generation for Biosecurity
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4/5
High(4)High quality. Established institution or organization with editorial oversight and accountability.
Rating inherited from publication venue: Nuclear Threat Initiative
Relevant to AI safety audiences concerned with biosecurity governance and the intersection of AI capabilities with biological risks; NTI is a leading nonpartisan organization on WMD threat reduction.
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Summary
The Nuclear Threat Initiative's Next Generation for Biosecurity program cultivates emerging leaders in biosecurity policy and practice. It aims to build a diverse pipeline of experts equipped to address biological threats, including those amplified by advanced technologies like AI and synthetic biology. The program focuses on training, networking, and policy engagement for the next cohort of biosecurity professionals.
Key Points
- •Develops emerging biosecurity leaders through training, mentorship, and policy engagement opportunities.
- •Addresses growing biological risks amplified by AI, synthetic biology, and dual-use research concerns.
- •Builds a diverse pipeline of professionals spanning science, policy, public health, and national security.
- •Part of NTI's broader mission to reduce risks from weapons of mass destruction and emerging threats.
- •Supports cross-sector collaboration between government, academia, and civil society on biosecurity challenges.
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# Next Generation for Biosecurity
- [Biological](https://www.nti.org/area/biological/)
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## Fostering the Next Generation of Global Biosecurity Leaders
#### Challenge
Reducing biological risks requires expertise and collaboration across sectors. However, there are too few biosecurity experts and limited geographic and gender diversity among professionals working in biosafety and biosecurity.
#### Action
Bring together rising young leaders from around the world to develop innovative solutions to reduce global catastrophic biological risks.
#### Results
An energized, internationally connected, and diverse network of next generation biosecurity leaders who are working to strengthen global biosecurity.
## Details
#### Project Staff
[**Greg Butchello** \\
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Program Officer, Global Biological Policy and Programs](https://www.nti.org/about/people/greg-butchello/)[**Gabrielle Essix** \\
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Senior Program Officer, Global Biological Policy and Programs](https://www.nti.org/about/people/gabrielle-essix/)[**Sara Kaufman** \\
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Executive Assistant & Events Coordinator, Global Biological Policy and Programs](https://www.nti.org/about/people/sara-kaufman/)[**Hayley Severance** \\
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Deputy Vice President, Global Biological Policy and Programs](https://www.nti.org/about/people/hayley-severance/)
### **Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition**
NTI \| bio partners with biosecurity-focused organizations around the world to host the annual Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition, which offers professional development opportunities for rising international leaders.
The Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition seeks to:
- Foster the development of a global cadre of diverse, next generation biosecurity leaders committed to reducing catastrophic biological risks and strengthening biosecurity;
- Create linkages between established global biosecurity experts and next generation leaders;
- Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the global health security, and biosecurity communities;
- Promote dialogue about the need to bolster international capabilities to prevent, detect, and respond to deliberate and accidental biological events;
- Raise awareness within the global health security community about emerging biological risks; and
- Strengthen and uphold international biosecurity and biosafety norms and standards.
Since its launch in 2017, the Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition has successfully increased awareness of deliberate and accidental biological risks within the broader global health security community and created opportunities to advance rising biosecurity leaders. Winners of the competition have hailed from around the world and have presented their ideas at side-events of global fora such as the Biological Weapons Convention and the Global Health Security Agenda Ministerial Meetings.
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