Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition
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Deadline
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Grant Type
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- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Students
Other requirements
- Early-career professionals
- Open to global participants
Overview
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
What Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 4
- Total given
- $645K
- Median grant
- $168K
- Range
- $9,883–$300K
- By dollars: California 52%, Rhode Island 48%. Top recipient cities: Providence, RI; Monterey, CA; Mill Valley, CA.
Example grants
Brown University · Providence, RI
Support for work performed on the Africa Health Security Index
$300K
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey · Monterey, CA
Support to maintain research for NTI's website
$235K
Horizon 2045 Foundation · Mill Valley, CA
Support for research work on disruptive legal and normative strategies to help shift…
$100K
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