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You can browse and search the grants we’ve recommended below. Click through to read about the reasoning behind each grant and, in some cases, view progress updates.

Note that our grantmaking priorities are primarily driven by the focus areas we’ve chosen. Read more about our focus areas and current priorities.

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Grant Organization Name Focus Area Amount Datesort ascending
Ought — General Support (2020) Ought Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,593,333 1/2020
UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research (2019) UC Berkeley Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,111,000 12/2019
Ought — General Support (2019) Ought Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,000,000 11/2019
UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2019) UC Berkeley Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $200,000 11/2019
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI Collaboration (2019) Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $705,000 11/2019
Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2019 Class Open Phil AI Fellowship Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $2,325,000 5/2019
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2019) Machine Intelligence Research Institute Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $2,652,500 2/2019
Georgetown University — Center for Security and Emerging Technology Georgetown University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $55,000,000 1/2019
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — CHAI ML Engineers Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $250,000 1/2019
UC Berkeley — AI safety research (2018) UC Berkeley Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,145,000 11/2018
GoalsRL — Workshop on Goal Specifications for Reinforcement Learning GoalsRL Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $7,500 8/2018
Stanford University — Machine Learning Security Research Led by Dan Boneh and Florian Tramer Stanford University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $100,000 7/2018
Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series The Wilson Center Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $400,000 7/2018
Oxford University — Research on the Global Politics of AI Oxford University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $429,770 7/2018
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — AI Safety Retraining Program Machine Intelligence Research Institute Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $150,000 6/2018
AI Impacts — General Support (2018) AI Impacts Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $100,000 6/2018
Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2018 Class Open Phil AI Fellowship Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,135,000 5/2018
Ought — General Support (2018) Ought Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $525,000 5/2018
Stanford University — NIPS Workshop on Machine Learning Security Stanford University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $2,539 4/2018
AI Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2018) AI Scholarships Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $159,000 2/2018
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2017) Machine Intelligence Research Institute Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $3,750,000 10/2017
UC Berkeley — AI Safety Research UC Berkeley Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,450,016 10/2017
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $403,890 7/2017
Yale University — Research on the Global Politics of AI Yale University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $299,320 7/2017
Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms — AI Safety Research Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $2,400,000 7/2017
UCLA School of Law — AI Governance UCLA School of Law Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,536,222 5/2017
Stanford University — Support for Percy Liang Stanford University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,337,600 5/2017
OpenAI — General Support OpenAI Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $30,000,000 3/2017
Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning — General Support Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $25,000 3/2017
Stanford University — Percy Liang Planning Grant Stanford University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $25,000 3/2017
Future of Humanity Institute — General Support Future of Humanity Institute Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,995,425 3/2017
AI Impacts — General Support (2016) AI Impacts Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $32,000 12/2016
Electronic Frontier Foundation — Artificial Intelligence Scenarios and Social Impacts Electronic Frontier Foundation Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $199,000 11/2016
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2016) Machine Intelligence Research Institute Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $500,000 8/2016
UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible AI (2016) UC Berkeley Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $5,555,550 8/2016
George Mason University — Research into Future Artificial Intelligence Scenarios George Mason University Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $277,435 6/2016
Future of Life Institute — Artificial Intelligence Risk Reduction Future of Life Institute Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence $1,186,000 8/2015
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