This $199,979 EAGER award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will develop an open-source large language model to rapidly identify, verify, prioritize, summarize, and predict outcomes of emerging disease threats across humans, animals, and plants. The project, titled "The BioThreats Emergence, Analysis, and Communications Network (BEACON)", aims to create a specialized AI/machine learning system that can process vast datasets to detect potential biothreats, and link findings to human expert verification and public health context. The goal is to share event reports and analyses via a publicly available web platform, to empower policymakers, public health practitioners, and the general public with actionable information for proactive mitigation of emerging infectious disease outbreaks. This two-year project will be led by Boston University's Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases and is expected to commence on July 1, 2024.
Mod # | Description | Reason For Modification | Federal Obligation (Click to sort descending) | Date (Click to sort ascending) |
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| Not listed | $200.0k | 7/23/24 |