Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $550,000 over two years to Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit for general support. Animal & Vegan Advocacy Summit is an independent project fiscally sponsored by ProVeg International, and runs a series of conferences for animal welfare advocates and organizations.
This follows our January 2024 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $359,053 to the World Health Organization’s Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals department to support the development of next-generation malaria vaccines.
This falls within our focus area of global health R&D.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $500,000 to Speculative Technologies to support a 15-week AI safety leadership training program.
This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects related to the responsible governance of AI. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
Open Philanthropy recommended a gift of $102,000 to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to support preparations and planning for a clinical trial to accelerate TB vaccine development. The research, led by Dr. Jim Kublin, will study a form of the BCG TB vaccine which has been modified to fluoresce (Fluor-BCG) so that bacteria can be visualized in human volunteers, providing dynamic measurement of vaccine-induced responses over time.
This falls within our focus area of scientific research.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $56,608.64 to support a summit in the UK bringing together representatives of organizations working on raising funds for effective charities. The grant will be administered by the Effective Ventures Foundation.
This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $4,600,000 over two years to the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to support its work on improving biodefense policy in the U.S.
This follows our July 2022 support and falls within our focus area of biosecurity and pandemic preparedness.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $356,000 to Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases to support the purchase of a semi-automated assembler — a piece of equipment that will allow them to manufacture diagnostic tests more rapidly and more affordably. These tests will be used in low- and middle-income countries, including in support of World Health Organization disease-eradication campaigns.
This falls within our focus area of global health R&D.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $114,420 over two years to the Aquatic Life Institute to support its work to evaluate the welfare standards used by fish sustainability certifiers, as well as collaborate with certifiers on welfare improvements.
This follows our 2023 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare, specifically within our interest in fish welfare.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $5,000 to Arb Research to support an updated version of the shallow review of AI safety agendas the organization produced in 2023.
This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $22,000 to the University of Basel to support Professor Armando Meier in creating and instructing two graduate-level economics courses that incorporate elements of cause prioritization into the curriculum.
This falls within our focus area of empowering people to use their careers and donations to help others as much as possible.