Future of Humanity Institute — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

Organization:
Future of Humanity Institute
Award Date:
09/2016
Amount:
$115,652
Purpose:
To support Piers Millett's work on biosecurity at the Future of Humanity Institute.

The Open Philanthropy Project awarded a grant of £88,922 ($115,652 at time of conversion) to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), to support the hiring of Dr. Piers Millett to work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness. This grant falls within Open Philanthropy's work on biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.

Conceptually, Open Philanthropy considers this part of a larger grant to FHI, which was made later for logistical reasons. Open Philanthropy laid out the case for this grant in its writeup of the larger grant.

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