Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $1,365,037 in flexible support to enable early-career people to pursue work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks. Open Philanthropy sought applications for this funding here. Recipients include:
- Janvi Ahuja, the University of Oxford
- Richard Armitage, University of Nottingham
- Sam Chorlton, surveillance systems project
- Arielle D’Souza, University of Oxford
- Edward Elliot, Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
- Dana Gretton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Toby McMaster, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Alexander Norman, University of Oxford
- Joseph O'Neill, synthetic biology project
- Phil Palmer, University of Cambridge
- Amanda Rojek, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Sophie Rose, Johns Hopkins University
- James Wagstaff, chemistry research
- Brian Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This falls within Open Philanthropy's focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.