Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $189,350 to the Supervised Program for Alignment Research to support a program matching aspiring researchers with mentors for AI safety research projects.
This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $6,600,000 to 80,000 Hours for general support. 80,000 Hours works to help people have more impact with their careers by providing online content and one-on-one coaching.
This follows our October 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $195,000 to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to support research investigating a potential way to make CAR T-cell therapy safer for cancer patients. The research, led by Alexandre V. Hirayama, will study whether an antibody (anti-Syndecan 2) can reduce dangerous side effects of CAR T-cell therapy while maintaining its effectiveness against cancer.
This falls within our focus area of scientific research.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,170,000 to the Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative to support operating costs for Harvard’s AI Safety Student Team (AISST) and MIT AI Alignment (MAIA).
This follows our December 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $886,285 to the Kairos Project to support its work to improve the talent pipeline for the field of AI safety through targeted advising, workshops, residencies, and mentorship programs for AI safety groups.
This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $3,382,029 to MATS Research to support the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) program. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community.
This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $2,381,609 to AI Safety Support to support the ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) program. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. The program also connects participants with the Berkeley AI safety research community.
This follows our November 2023 support and falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $461,069 to Training for Good to support the EU Tech Policy Fellowship, a seven-month program that helps recipients of the fellowship launch careers focused on emerging technologies. These grants will support two cohorts of the program, as well as provide general operating support to Training for Good.
This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $469,625 to Harmony Intelligence to support the development of a publicly available benchmark on the autonomous moneymaking capabilities of large language model (LLM) agents.
This grant was funded via a request for proposals for projects benchmarking LLM agents on consequential real-world tasks and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of £298,384 (approximately $589,903 at the time of conversion) to support the Cambridge AI Safety Hub (CAISH), a network of students and professionals in Cambridge, UK, working on AI safety. CAISH will use the funds to host events, programs, fellowships, and retreats, as well as pay for staff salaries and other expenses.
This falls within our focus area of Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building.
The grant amount was updated in May 2025.