Request for Proposals, Biosecurity
Coefficient Giving
Posted
Apr 02, 2026
Location
Remote
Type
Full-time
Compensation
Up to $9999999
Deadline
⏰ May 11, 2026
Mission
What you will drive
- Over $100 million available this year for projects preventing engineered biological threats and improving response capacity.
- Potential projects include transmission suppression (enhance PPE and air disinfection), tech safeguards (reduce AI and biology risks), policy and advocacy (inform policymakers), and field-building (attract talent to these problems).
- Additional focus areas: intelligence capabilities, metagenomic detection, rapid diagnostics, UV germicidal irradiation, agricultural resilience, and medical countermeasures.
Profile
What makes you a great fit
- Over $100 million available this year for projects preventing engineered biological threats and improving response capacity.
- Potential projects include transmission suppression (enhance PPE and air disinfection), tech safeguards (reduce AI and biology risks), policy and advocacy (inform policymakers), and field-building (attract talent to these problems).
- Additional focus areas: intelligence capabilities, metagenomic detection, rapid diagnostics, UV germicidal irradiation, agricultural resilience, and medical countermeasures.
About
Inside Coefficient Giving
Coefficient Giving is a grantmaking and research nonprofit working across a range of areas.
Disclaimer: Coefficient Giving is 80,000 Hours' largest funder.