Johns hopkins center for health security — Biosecurity, global health security, and global catastrophic risks (2017)

Abstract

The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $16 million over three years to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security (CHS) to provide general operating support for their work on health security, public health preparedness, and potential global catastrophic risks posed by pandemic pathogens. The Open Philanthropy Project perceives CHS as the leading U.S. think tank in policy research and development in the biosecurity and pandemic preparedness (BPP) field and aims to provide CHS with stable support to maximize its capacity in valuable projects and communications and advocacy. However, they acknowledge that CHS’s recent policy impact has been hampered by funding and independence constraints. This grant aims to mitigate these hindrances, increase CHS’s independence, and allow for more strategic and impactful work. Some risks to grant success include potential differences in project prioritization and the inherent uncertainties involved in any large organizational scale-up. - AI-generated abstract.