This made me curious how much the UK Biobank cost. Remarkably, apparently only about $150 million. (Their funding page says their “core funding” has been £133 Million.)
In terms of impact on genomics, I subjectively think it’s on a scale comparable to a particle accelerator or space telescope, but it has received more than an order of magnitude less funding.
I wonder whether there’s a EA case for funding biobanks, given that they seem underfunded compared to other big science projects.
This made me curious how much the UK Biobank cost. Remarkably, apparently only about $150 million. (Their funding page says their “core funding” has been £133 Million.)
In terms of impact on genomics, I subjectively think it’s on a scale comparable to a particle accelerator or space telescope, but it has received more than an order of magnitude less funding.
I wonder whether there’s a EA case for funding biobanks, given that they seem underfunded compared to other big science projects.