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Research charity in the United States
Fast Grants is an American charity that provides funding for scientific research.[1] COVID-19 pandemic to provide quick funding to scientists working on research projects that could help with the pandemic.[2]
History
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The project was launched in April 2020 by Tyler Cowen , an economics professor at George Mason University ; Patrick Collison , co-founder of online payment processing platform Stripe ; and Patrick Hsu, a bioengineer at the University of California .[3]
Support
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The project is supported by donations from Arnold Ventures , The Audacious Project , The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative , John Collison , Patrick Collison , Crankstart, Jack Dorsey , Kim and Scott Farquhar, Paul Graham, Reid Hoffman , Fiona McKean and Tobias Lütke, Yuri and Julia Milner , Elon Musk , Chris and Crystal Sacca, Schmidt Futures , and others.[4] [5]
Grants
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Fast Grants provides funding between $10,000 and $500,000. The charity says they respond to applications within two days, and will also fund researchers outside the United States.[2]
As of April 2021, Fast Grants has awarded 250 grants totaling more than $50 million to researchers working on COVID-19 related projects, including testing, clinical work, surveillance, virology, drug development and trials, and PPE.[1] [6] SalivaDirect , the saliva test used in the NBA “bubble” in Orlando during the 2020 season.[7] Addgene , the Center for Open Science , Susan Athey , Carolyn Bertozzi , Catherine Blish , Pamela Bjorkman , Susan Daniel , Barbara Engelhardt , Laura Esserman , Judith Frydman , Amy Gladfelter , Eva Harris , Akiko Iwasaki , Kevin Kain , Yoshihiro Kawaoka , Nevan Krogan , Ronald Levy , Allison McGeer , Miriam Merad , Keith Mostov , Mihai Netea , Daniel Nomura , Melanie Ott , Bradley Pentelute , Rosalind Picard , Hidde Ploegh , Angela Rasmussen , Erica Ollmann Saphire , Katherine Seley-Radtke , Erec Stebbins , Alice Ting , Alain Townsend , David Veesler , Bert Vogelstein , Tania Watts , and Qian Zhang .[4]
As of January 2022, new Fast Grants applications have been paused due to lack of additional funding.[8]
Impact
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The pioneering Fast Grants program has inspired multiple other well-funded efforts that replicate its low overhead, high impact funding model. Some examples include Impetus Grants for longevity research (>$30M of funding), Robert Downey Jr.'s Footprint Coalition for climate change, and Superalignment Fast Grants from OpenAI for safe AI development ($10M of funding).
References
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^ Else, Holly (2021-08-03). "COVID 'Fast Grants' sped up pandemic science" . Nature . doi :10.1038/d41586-021-02111-7 . PMID 34345037 . S2CID 236916209 .
^ a b "Fast Grants" . Fast Grants . Archived from the original on 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2023-05-21 .
^ "A group of tech billionaires is funding 'fast grants' of up to $500,000 for COVID-19 research, with every grant decision made in less than 48 hours" . Business Insider . Retrieved 2022-01-18 .
^ "What We Learned Doing Fast Grants" . Future . 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021 .
^ "Yale-sponsored COVID-19 test was partially funded by Fast Grant program" . George Mason University . Retrieved 2021-05-03 .
^ "Fast Grants" . 2022-01-13. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-18 .
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