Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks — Scholarship Support (2021)

Organization:
Early-Career Funding for Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Award Date:
01/2021
Amount:
$2,290,028
Purpose:
To support work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks.

›Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $2,290,028 in flexible support to enable early-career people to pursue work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks. It sought the majority of applications for this funding here.

This falls within Open Philanthropy’s focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.

The grant amount was updated in September 2025.

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