Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
November 2023
Grant Title

Eleuther AI — Interpretability Research

Organization Name

Eleuther AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,642,273
Date
November 2023
October 2023
Grant Title

University of Amsterdam — HCV Vaccine Research

Organization Name

University of Amsterdam

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$3,464,862
Date
October 2023
October 2023
Grant Title

University of Washington — HCV Vaccine Research

Organization Name

University of Washington

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$355,608
Date
October 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

OpenMined — Software for AI Audits

Organization Name

OpenMined

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$6,000,000
Date
September 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Surge AI — Data Production for AI Safety Research

Organization Name

Surge AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$123,750
Date
September 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Stanford University — Immunization Research (2023)

Organization Name

Stanford University

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$500,000
Date
September 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Commonwealth Veterinary Association — Animal Welfare Projects

Organization Name

Commonwealth Veterinary Association

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$55,000
Date
September 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

Health Effects Institute — Air Quality Assessment for Indian Cities

Organization Name

Health Effects Institute

Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$296,705
Date
September 2023
September 2023
Grant Title

International Vaccine Institute — Hepatitis E and Leptospirosis Study

Organization Name

International Vaccine Institute

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$742,176
Date
September 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

Stockholm School of Economics — Global Health Diplomacy Project

Organization Name

Stockholm School of Economics

Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$100,000
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

L214 — EU Farm Animal Welfare Legislation

Organization Name

L214

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$256,021
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

Legal Priorities Project — Law & AI Summer Research Fellowship

Organization Name

Legal Priorities Project

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$75,000
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

Modulo Research — AI Safety Research

Organization Name

Modulo Research

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$408,255
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

Blueprint Biosecurity — General Support

Organization Name

Blueprint Biosecurity

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$50,000
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

UC Davis — Rainbow Trout Enrichment Study

Organization Name

University of California, Davis

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$97,457
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

AI Impacts — Expert Survey on Progress in AI

Organization Name

AI Impacts

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$150,000
Date
August 2023
August 2023
Grant Title

University of Utah — Course on Human-AI Alignment

Organization Name

University of Utah

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$31,773
Date
August 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

Peterson Institute for International Economics — Indian Economic Policy Reform

Organization Name

Peterson Institute for International Economics

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$500,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

User-Friendly Marketing — Corporate Outreach Support

Organization Name

User-Friendly Marketing

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$40,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

Sightline Institute — Housing Reform in Washington and Oregon (2023)

Organization Name

Sightline Institute

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$660,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Lab Retreat

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$35,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

Queen Mary University of London — Insect Sentience Research

Organization Name

Queen Mary University of London

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$980,926
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

CDC Foundation — Malaria Control Research Project (2023)

Organization Name

CDC Foundation

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$900,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

FAR AI — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

FAR AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$460,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

University of California, San Francisco Foundation — Reproductive Medicine Research (2023)

Organization Name

University of California, San Francisco

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$200,000
Date
July 2023
July 2023
Grant Title

World Health Organization — Responsible Life Sciences Research

Organization Name

World Health Organization

Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$900,000
Date
July 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Animal Empathy Philippines — Community Building Work

Organization Name

Animal Empathy Philippines

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$200,000
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

University of Texas Medical Branch — Nucleic Acid Antiviral Testing

Organization Name

University of Texas Medical Branch

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$200,000
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Welfare Matters — Farm Animal Welfare Movement Building in Southeast Asia

Organization Name

Welfare Matters

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

L214 — Corporate Campaigns in France (2023)

Organization Name

L214

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,901,250
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

University of Edinburgh — Syphilis Genome Sequencing

Organization Name

University of Edinburgh

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$357,880
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

University of Edinburgh — Preterm Birth RCT

Organization Name

University of Edinburgh

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$344,973
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Redwood Research — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Redwood Research

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,300,000
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Constellation — Coworking Space

Organization Name

Constellation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

IRD Global — Organizational Support

Organization Name

IRD Global

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$5,399,805
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Government Relations Group — Global Health Aid Study Tours

Organization Name

Government Relations Group

Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$440,750
Date
June 2023
June 2023
Grant Title

Apollo Research — Startup Funding

Organization Name

Apollo Research

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,535,480
Date
June 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Dezernat Zukunft — Exit Grant

Organization Name

Dezernat Zukunft

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Health Security Scholars

Organization Name

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$381,220
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

MiracleFeet — Clubfoot Treatment Program

Organization Name

MiracleFeet

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$4,810,581
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Innovate Animal Ag — Farm Animal Welfare Technology Adoption

Organization Name

Innovate Animal Ag

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$200,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Global Alcohol Policy Alliance — Conference Travel Support

Organization Name

Global Alcohol Policy Alliance

Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Joep Lange Institute — Expanding the Donor Base for Global Health

Organization Name

Joep Lange

Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$450,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Non-trivial — Fellowship Program

Organization Name

Non-trivial

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$315,894
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Kurzgesagt — Video Production (2023)

Organization Name

Kurzgesagt

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,700,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Funds — Regranting and Operations Support (May 2023)

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Funds

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$3,370,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Vital Strategies — LPG Subsidies Analysis

Organization Name

Vital Strategies

Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$37,536
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

University of Chicago — Research on Complementary AI

Organization Name

University of Chicago

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$250,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

University of Michigan — Research on Gamete Development (2023)

Organization Name

University of Michigan

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Ethical Seafood Research — Research on Farmed Tilapia Welfare in Egypt

Organization Name

Ethical Seafood Research

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$56,250
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Life Sciences Research Foundation — Postdoctoral Fellowships (2023)

Organization Name

Life Sciences Research Foundation

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$401,750
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Cures Within Reach — Generic Drug Trials

Organization Name

Cures Within Reach

Focus Area
Global Health R&D
Amount
$800,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT — Pneumonia Diagnostics

Organization Name

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Mila — Workshop on Human-Level AI

Organization Name

Mila

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$50,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Centre for the Governance of AI — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Centre for the Governance of AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

University of Birmingham — Biological Threat Detection Research

Organization Name

University of Birmingham

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Fair Share Housing Center — Legal Work in NJ

Organization Name

Fair Share Housing Center

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$185,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

RAND Corporation — Biosecurity Policy

Organization Name

RAND Corporation

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$10,000,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

University of Chicago — Existential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program

Organization Name

University of Chicago

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$285,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

University of Ottawa — Institute for Replication

Organization Name

University of Ottawa

Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$464,698
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — General Support (May 2023)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$5,575,238
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Rational Animations — Video Production (2023)

Organization Name

Rational Animations

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Swiss Existential Risk Initiative — Summer Research Fellowship

Organization Name

Swiss Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$286,500
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Michael West — Pivotal Essay Contest

Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$80,500
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Effective Altruism Consulting Network

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$380,000
Date
May 2023
May 2023
Grant Title

CSIRO — Henipavirus Research

Organization Name

CSIRO

Focus Area
Science Supporting Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$778,886
Date
May 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2023)

Organization Name

Rethink Priorities

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$154,810
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

American University of Beirut — STI Diagnostic

Organization Name

American University of Beirut

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$49,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

80,000 Hours — Marketing (2023)

Organization Name

80,000 Hours

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,492,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Epoch — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Epoch

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$6,922,565
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

University of Maryland — Policy Fellowship (2023)

Organization Name

University of Maryland

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$312,959
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Vegan Women Summit — Alternative Proteins Talent Pipeline (2023)

Organization Name

Vegan Women Summit

Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$200,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Florian Jehn — Societal Collapse Living Literature Review

Organization Name
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$35,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Victory Briefs Institute — Debate Camp Scholarships (2023)

Organization Name

Victory Briefs Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$40,500
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Conjecture — SERI MATS (2023)

Organization Name

Conjecture

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$245,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk (2023)

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation USA

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$991,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

University of Utah — AI Alignment Research

Organization Name

University of Utah

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$140,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Center for AI Safety — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Center for AI Safety

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$4,025,729
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Metaculus — Platform Development (2023)

Organization Name

Metaculus

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences — Portable Fish EEG

Organization Name

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$384,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Aquaculture Stewardship Council — Shrimp Welfare Standards

Organization Name

Aquaculture Stewardship Council

Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$525,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Leap Labs — Interpretability Research

Organization Name

Leap Labs

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$230,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace — Alternative Proteins for Security

Organization Name

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$322,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Atlas Fellowship — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Atlas Fellowship

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Workshop

Organization Name

Rethink Priorities

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$302,390
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

National Science Foundation — Safe Learning-Enabled Systems

Organization Name

National Science Foundation

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (2023)

Organization Name

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$7,831,500
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Forethought Foundation — Global Priorities Research

Organization Name

Forethought Foundation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$348,993
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Fellowships and Research

Organization Name

RAND Corporation

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$5,500,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Futurewise — Housing Advocacy in Washington

Organization Name

Futurewise

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$450,000
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

AI Safety Support — Situational Awareness Research

Organization Name

AI Safety Support

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$443,716
Date
April 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Charity Entrepreneurship — Health Security Organizations

Organization Name

Charity Entrepreneurship

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
April 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2023)

Organization Name

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$10,000,000
Date
March 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

FAR AI — AI Interpretability Research

Organization Name

FAR AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

Center for Global Development — Lead Exposure Research

Organization Name

Center for Global Development

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$75,000
Date
March 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği — Farm Animal Welfare in Turkey

Organization Name

Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği

Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$360,400
Date
March 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

ProVeg International — Innovation Competitions for Alternative Proteins

Organization Name

ProVeg International

Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$384,000
Date
March 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

Harvard University — Political Polarization App

Organization Name

Harvard University

Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$100,000
Date
March 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Long COVID Therapy Trial

Organization Name

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
March 2023
March 2023
Grant Title

Abundant Housing Massachusetts — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Abundant Housing Massachusetts

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$600,000
Date
March 2023