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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
January 2019
Grant Title
Georgetown University — Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Organization Name
Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$55,000,000
Date
January 2019
August 2021
Grant Title
Center for Security and Emerging Technology — General Support (August 2021)
Organization Name
Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$38,920,000
Date
August 2021
March 2017
Grant Title
OpenAI — General Support
Organization Name
OpenAI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,000,000
Date
March 2017
March 2022
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$26,000,000
Date
March 2022
December 2021
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — Event Venue
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$23,179,563
Date
December 2021
September 2019
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$20,192,755
Date
September 2019
January 2017
Grant Title
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, and Global Catastrophic Risks (2017)
Organization Name
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$16,000,000
Date
January 2017
April 2022
Grant Title
Funding for AI Alignment Projects Working With Deep Learning Systems
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$15,700,072
Date
April 2022
May 2023
Grant Title
RAND Corporation — Biosecurity Policy
Organization Name
RAND Corporation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$14,000,000
Date
May 2023
March 2022
Grant Title
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2022)
Organization Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$13,277,348
Date
March 2022
July 2018
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$12,250,810
Date
July 2018
January 2021
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (2021)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$11,955,246
Date
January 2021
December 2022
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — General Support
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,425,000
Date
December 2022
October 2021
Grant Title
Californians Against Pandemics — California Pandemic Early Detection and Prevention Act Ballot Initiative
Organization Name
Californians Against Pandemics
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$11,100,000
Date
October 2021
June 2023
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$11,000,000
Date
June 2023
August 2022
Grant Title
Redwood Research — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Redwood Research
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$10,700,000
Date
August 2022
October 2023
Grant Title
RAND Corporation — Emerging Technology Initiatives
Organization Name
RAND Corporation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$10,500,000
Date
October 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
November 2021
Grant Title
Redwood Research — General Support
Organization Name
Redwood Research
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$9,420,000
Date
November 2021
August 2022
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Harvard Square Coworking Space
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$8,875,000
Date
August 2022
January 2021
Grant Title
Center for Security and Emerging Technology — General Support (January 2021)
Organization Name
Center for Security and Emerging Technology
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$8,000,000
Date
January 2021
February 2020
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Biosecurity Program Support (February 2020)
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$8,000,000
Date
February 2020
September 2021
Grant Title
Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security — Forecasting Platforms
Organization Name
Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$7,993,782
Date
September 2021
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
February 2022