On behalf of the U.S. government, often the military, Daszak scours the globe for animal pathogens and brings them back to the lab to be catalogued, investigated and manipulated.
$ Award Amounts: $3.7M
Grant description: Understanding the risk of bat coronavirus emergence
But this is just one project. A search of the system showed 37 responses for EcoHealth Alliance, with a total of $15.2M.
Sources:
- June 1, 2014. “GRANT to ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC.” USAspending.
https://usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_R01AI110964_7529.
Government. - “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence.” NIH ⟩ RePORT ⟩ RePORTER. National Institutes of Health. Project Number: 1R01AI110964-01. Contact PI/Project Leader: Peter Daszak. Awardee Organization: ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE, INC.
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8674931.
National Institutes of Health.
This link has information about the grant given to EcoHealth Alliance and the work being done. - “Search Results: EcoHealth Alliance.” NIH ⟩ RePORT ⟩ RePORTER.
https://reporter.nih.gov/search/yi9zmxlHDUO8yZkhiDs2uA/projects. - December 2015. Vineet D. Menachery, Boyd L. Yount, Kari Debbink, Sudhakar Agnihothram, Lisa E. Gralinski, Jessica A. Plante, Rachel L. Graham, Trevor Scobey, Xing-Yi Ge, Eric F Donaldson, Scott H Randell, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Wayne A. Marasco, Zhengli-Li Shi, and Ralph S. Baric. “A SARS-like Cluster of Circulating Bat Coronaviruses Shows Potential for Human Emergence.” Nature Medicine 21 (12): 1508–13.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3985.
Research Journal.
Related:
- October 1, 2020. “‘Gain-of-Function’ Hall of Shame.” Organic Consumers Association.
https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/gain-of-function-hall-of-shame.
Activist. - September 3, 2020. Alexis Baden-Mayer. “Peter ‘Show Me the Money’ Daszak Pulls in Big Bucks, through EcoHealth Alliance, for Risky Virus ‘Research.’” Organic Consumers Association.
https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/peter-show-me-money-daszak-pulls-big-bucks-through-ecohealth-alliance-risky-virus-research.
Activist.