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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
February 2024
Grant Title
— AI Risk Management Frameworks (2024)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$713,000
Date
February 2024
February 2024
Grant Title
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Risk Management Frameworks (2024)
Organization Name
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$200,000
Date
February 2024
January 2024
Grant Title
Development Learning Lab — Knowledge Reviews, Policy Reports, and Knowledge Services
Organization Name
Development Learning Lab
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$300,000
Date
January 2024
November 2023
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
November 2023
October 2023
Grant Title
1Day Sooner — General Support (2023)
Organization Name
1Day Sooner
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
October 2023
July 2023
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — USAID Staff Placement
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$107,000
Date
July 2023
March 2023
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Lead Exposure Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Public Health Policy
Amount
$75,000
Date
March 2023
November 2022
Grant Title
George Mason University — Michael Clemens Migration Research
Organization Name
George Mason University
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$450,000
Date
November 2022
October 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development Europe — Education Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development Europe
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,150,000
Date
October 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Princeton University — Existential Risk Course Development
Organization Name
Princeton University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$27,555
Date
September 2022
September 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Staff for USAID Chief Economist
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,411,409
Date
September 2022
April 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
April 2022
April 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Standards (2022)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$210,000
Date
April 2022
April 2022
Grant Title
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Standards (2022)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$20,000
Date
April 2022
February 2022
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Oral COVID Antivirals
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$800,000
Date
February 2022
December 2021
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — IPA Fellow Placements
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Aid Policy
Amount
$1,050,000
Date
December 2021
July 2021
Grant Title
Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity — AI Standards (2021)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
July 2021
July 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Standards (2021)
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2021
June 2021
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Malaria Reduction
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$50,000
Date
June 2021
December 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Aid Effectiveness Advocacy Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2020
October 2020
Grant Title
University Health Network — Preterm Birth Research (2020)
Organization Name
University Health Network
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,228,000
Date
October 2020
August 2020
Grant Title
Labor Mobility Partnerships — International Labor Mobility
Organization Name
Labor Mobility Partnerships
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
World Economic Forum — Global AI Council Workshop
Organization Name
World Economic Forum
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$50,000
Date
April 2020
April 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Net Health Impact Calculations
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$550,000
Date
April 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — COVID-19 Local Response Guidelines
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
March 2020
March 2020
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Migration Program (2020)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,000,000
Date
March 2020
October 2019
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Impact Evaluation Case Studies
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$100,000
Date
October 2019
June 2019
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
June 2019
April 2019
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (2019)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$2,000,000
Date
April 2019
March 2019
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Labor Mobility Partnerships
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$709,888
Date
March 2019
February 2019
Grant Title
University Health Network — Preterm Birth Research (2019)
Organization Name
University Health Network
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,134,975
Date
February 2019
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
January 2019
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Gene Drive Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$348,550
Date
January 2019
July 2018
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Health Security Index
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,556,773
Date
July 2018
April 2018
Grant Title
California YIMBY — General Support (April 2018)
Organization Name
California YIMBY
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$500,000
Date
April 2018
February 2018
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Pandemic Policy Project Led by Jeremy Konyndyk
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$49,942
Date
February 2018
November 2017
Grant Title
University of Washington — Universal Flu Vaccine and Computational Protein Design (David Baker and Neil King)
Organization Name
University of Washington (Institute for Protein Design)
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$11,367,500
Date
November 2017
November 2017
Grant Title
David Manheim — Research on Existential Risk from Infectious Disease
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$65,308
Date
November 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Scoping RCTs for Follow-Up
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$492,188
Date
July 2017
June 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — Deworming Study Planning Gift
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$18,000
Date
June 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
Target Malaria — Gene Drives for Malaria Control
Organization Name
Target Malaria
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$17,500,000
Date
May 2017
April 2017
Grant Title
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley — KLPS-4 Survey
Organization Name
Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$1,104,259
Date
April 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Migration Program
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,800,000
Date
March 2017
March 2017
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — General Support
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,995,425
Date
March 2017
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
August 2016
Grant Title
Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$500,000
Date
August 2016
July 2016
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — General Support
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$1,035,000
Date
July 2016
February 2016
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support 2016
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
February 2016
October 2015
Grant Title
Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development
Organization Name
Sightline Institute
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$400,000
Date
October 2015
September 2015
Grant Title
Urban Institute — Land Use Convening
Organization Name
Urban Institute
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$97,865
Date
September 2015
August 2015
Grant Title
Future of Life Institute — Artificial Intelligence Risk Reduction
Organization Name
Future of Life Institute
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,186,000
Date
August 2015
April 2015
Grant Title
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Organization Name
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
April 2015
January 2015
Grant Title
Center for Popular Democracy — Fed Up Campaign (2015)
Organization Name
Center for Popular Democracy
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$750,000
Date
January 2015
July 2014
Grant Title
USAIM — Seasonal Migration from Haiti
Organization Name
U.S. Association for International Migration
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,310,483
Date
July 2014
July 2014
Grant Title
ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support
Organization Name
ImmigrationWorks Foundation
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$285,000
Date
July 2014
March 2014
Grant Title
Service Delivery Indicators Project
Organization Name
International Development Association
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$500,000
Date
March 2014
March 2014
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — Labor Mobility Research
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$1,184,720
Date
March 2014
July 2013
Grant Title
Center for Global Development — General Support
Organization Name
Center for Global Development
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2013
June 2013
