The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a total of approximately $515,000 over three years in flexible support to enable five early-career people to pursue work and study related to global catastrophic biological risks.{footnote_1} The cohort includes interns, masters candidates, and PhD students. Recipients include:
- Noga Aharony, internship, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
- Cassidy Nelson, PhD student, Oxford University
- Alexander Norman, internship, Centre for Pathogenic Evolution at Cambridge University
- Georgia Ray, masters student, George Mason University
- Caleb Withers, masters student, Georgetown University
These awards fall within Open Philanthropy's work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.