Grant Investigator: Jacob Trefethen
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Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $2,921,000 to the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research to support a safety and immunogenicity trial in adults in Nigeria of fractional doses of the AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. The trial has the potential to indicate that doses of these vaccines that are a quarter or half the size of standard doses promote “non-inferior” immune responses. If non-inferiority can be established, this could allow many people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 sooner despite limited supplies, reducing deaths and other harms from the pandemic.
This falls within our work on scientific research, and specifically within our interest in science supporting biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.
