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.
External links
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