Apply for the 2024 NTI | bio Next Generation Biosecurity Delegation
NTI | bio will bring a 2024 Next Generation Biosecurity Delegation of early-career professionals to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) meetings from August 19 – 23.
NTI | bio and partners have extended the deadline of the 2019 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition to October 29, 2019 at midnight EDT. Submissions should be sent to [email protected].
NTI | bio is partnering with the Next Generation Global Health Security (GHS) Network to advance the biosecurity and biosafety-related targets of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). Together, we are launching the third annual joint competition to foster a biosecurity professional track within the Next Generation GHS Network. The 2019 competition will spur next generation experts in health security to discuss catalytic actions that can be taken to reduce biological risks associated with advances in technology and promote biosecurity norms.
For the 2019 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition, we will publish creative and innovative papers that promote regional, multi-sectoral, and global collaboration. Each team can include up to three people and should: 1) explore concrete collaborative actions that can be taken to build national, regional, and global norms for preventing deliberate and/or accidental biological events; and 2) promote cross-sectoral and cross-regional partnerships to advance biosecurity and biosafety. Papers should directly address the biosecurity targets included within the World Health Organization Joint External Evaluation and the GHSA Action Package on Biosecurity and Biosafety (APP3).
In addition to publication, the winning team(s) for the 2019 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition will receive travel and lodging support to attend and present during a side-event hosted by NTI at the Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of State Parties in Geneva, Switzerland from December 3-6, 2019.
The complete Call for Papers guidelines can be found here.
Eligibility
To participate in this competition, the following criteria must be met:
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NTI | bio will bring a 2024 Next Generation Biosecurity Delegation of early-career professionals to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) meetings from August 19 – 23.
This year, the competition invites innovative and creative papers focused on how investments in biosecurity can both contribute to a more equitable society and reduce biological risks.
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Askar Kleefeldt, and Alexandra Klein have won the seventh annual Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition.