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Revision as of 21:32, 11 January 2022
| Date | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Perpetrators | Peter Daszak, EcoHealth Alliance |
| Description | A rejected proposal from Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance to weaponise naturally occuring bat coronaviruses, to preempt "zoonotic spillover". |
DEFUSE - Defusing the Threat of Bat-borne Coronaviruses (2018) was a research proposal by Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance, asking for $14,209,245 of funding from DARPA to preempt "zoonotic spillover through reduction of viral
shedding in the bat caves".
Application
Rejection
DARPA rejected the proposal, citing a number of reasons such as the failure to address the risks of Gain-of-function research.[1]
Exposure
Project Veritas released the rejection letter in January 2021.[2]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:DEFUSE project funding rejection letter | letter | 2018 | DARPA |
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