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Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition

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Overview

Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition

Status: Active (9th annual competition announced March 18, 2025; 2025 winners announced November 20, 2025)

Geographic Scope: Global (previous competitions had participants from 19 countries across five continents)

Focus Areas: Biosecurity, biological weapons definitions, biosecurity investments and equity

Eligibility:

  • Students

  • Early-career professionals

  • Open to global participants

    • Program Overview:
    NTI | bio hosts this competition to provide a platform for next-generation global leaders in biosecurity to develop original concepts and share them with the wider biosecurity community.

    Competition Themes:

  • 2025: Innovative papers on how to define "biological weapons" in today's evolving biothreat landscape

  • 2024: Innovative and creative papers focused on how investments in biosecurity can contribute to a more equitable society while also reducing biological risks

    • Contact:

  • Senior Director, Communications: Cathy Gwin

  • Email: [email protected]

  • Phone: 202-270-5942 or 202-454-7706

  • Address: 1776 Eye Street, NW Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006

  • Phone: (202) 296-4810

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