The TuriTap, a new low-tech water chlorination device that operates without electricity, entered a crucial phase of testing in January: a randomized controlled trial across 40 health care facilities in western Kenya. For Open Philanthropy, this represents a milestone in a journey that began in 2020, when program officers Chris… Read More
Topics: Scientific ResearchAs with many of our blog posts, this is a cross-post from Open Philanthropy, our partner organization. Since 2016, Open Philanthropy’s Scientific Research team has supported hundreds of projects aimed at improving human health globally. Our efforts span a broad spectrum, from advancing the fundamental understanding of high-burden diseases to backing the… Read More
Topics: Scientific ResearchIn October, our longtime grantee David Baker won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for groundbreaking work in protein design. We wanted to take the opportunity to highlight his work and some of its practical applications, such as enabling better vaccines, that we have been supporting Baker and his colleague Neil King… Read More
Topics: Global Health R&D, Scientific ResearchOpen Philanthropy Science Program Officers Chris Somerville and Heather Youngs discuss Sherlock Biosciences in the context of preventing pandemics. Read More
Topics: Scientific ResearchHeather Youngs discusses our search for projects within scientific research through a request for proposals to NIH transformative research applicants. Read More
Topics: Scientific ResearchNick Beckstead gives an update on Open Philanthropy's work investigating biological research, an area it believes is underfunded. Read More
Topics: Scientific ResearchA review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2016 and its plans for 2017. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks, Global Health & DevelopmentA review of the Open Philanthropy Project's progress in 2015 and its plans for 2016. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks, Global Health & DevelopmentSome thinking on the question of "differential technological development": is it desirable to accelerate progress on certain technologies over others? Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic RisksAn update on the progress we've made over the last six months at the Open Philanthropy Project. Read More
Topics: Scientific Research, Global Catastrophic Risks