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For a headline statistics and a fuller explanation of the methodology, please see here.
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Methodology
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1. Structured Search2. Grantee Search3. Foundation BOTECs4. Deep Dives5. Final BOTECs
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I do a thorough search of the first ~5-10 pages of Google Search for the following search format:I look through a number of organisation websites and annual reports to see if they state who their funders are.The bulk of the work here was done in a previous V1, where I mostly looked through foundation annual reports to estimate upper bounds and lower bound amounts spent on biosecurity.Once I'd produced overall estimates, I looked more deeply into the key players (especially $5m+) to gauge where funding is being spent on.My final BOTECs are fairly involved, and has been explained in more detail in Sheet 2.
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[Key Word] ""[Search Item]"" FundingKey updates I made were more rigorous estimates for any foundation plausibly spending more than £1m on biosecurityThe results of these deep dives largely informed Sheet 3.
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22 Key Words * 7 Search Item = 154 SearchesI also collected many more foundations given the expanded scope, but bracketed them into whether they likely gave more than $100k or not. If they didn't, I did not bother with an estimate this time as the degree of error is sufficiently small relative to the overall amounts that it was not worth further investigation.
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Some of the more rigorous estimations involved downloading and importing data into this sheet. These have been hidden and labelled [For Import] so can generally be ignored.
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Key WordsI sanity-checked results with ChatGPT
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Technologies of InterestOverall results are in Sheet 1.
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Next-Gen PPE
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Far-UVC
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Rapid Vaccines
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Metagenomic Sequencing
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AI-Bio
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Key Areas
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Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs)
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Bioweapons
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Bioterrorism
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Dual-Use Research of Concern
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Lab Leaks
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Novel Pathogens
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Pathogenesis Research
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Biosecurity Policy
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Gain of Function Research
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Indoor Air Quality
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Lab Biosafety
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Biosecurity
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Biodefense
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Antimicrobial Resistance
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Influenza
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Infectious Disease
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Disease Surveillance
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Grant
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Trust
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Donation
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Initiative
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Foundation
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My key updates are now considering the following as relevant to biosecurity:
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Pathogenesis Research
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AMR
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Influenza
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Laboratory capacity for pandemics
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Improving rapid response capability
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Improving public health systems for pandemics (e.g. epidemiological data for pandemics)
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