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Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative

The Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative (RaDVaC) is an American non-profit organization based in Boston, Masschusetts.

History

RaDVaC was formed in March 2020 by Preston Estep and colleagues.

In December 2021, ACX Grants announced that RaDVaC had been awarded USD $100,000 “to make open-source modular affordable vaccines.”1) In May 2022 RaDVaC tweeted it had been awarded USD $2.5 million from Balvi Filantropic Fund, established by Vitalik Buterin.2) 3)

Organization

Participants

RaDVaC is affiliated with the Open COVID Pledge.

Profiles

1)
Alexander, S. (2021, December 28). ACX Grants Results. Substack. https://archive.ph/Hq23b
2)
Updates. (2022, May 3). RaDVaC. https://web.archive.org/web/20230114180817/https://radvac.org/press-release/
3)
@VitalikButerin. (2022, May 4). “Update from Balvi! (moonshot anti-covid effort funded by @ShibainuCoin @CryptoRelief_ ). We have our first round of funding recipients”: [Tweet]. Twitter. https://web.archive.org/web/20230114175508/https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1522017142320685057
4)
Regalado, A. (2020, July 29). Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it’s legal or if it works. MIT Technology Review. https://archive.ph/EObRH