Frontiers Media

We provided up to $17,500 to Frontiers Media to sponsor open access for articles in an upcoming Research Topic on Synthetic Nucleic Acid Technology: The Biosecurity Landscape. The Research Topic features exceptional guest editors with deep expertise and focuses on key practical implementation questions in nucleic acid synthesis screening. We expect the articles in this Research Topic to advance the global discussion around how to secure synthetic DNA and provide actionable answers to policy design questions. By making these articles open access, we expect to increase readership among policymakers, industry leaders, and researchers, and potentially attract stronger submissions from budget-constrained authors and institutions, including in the Global South.