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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
November 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS Program
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$195,000
Date
November 2021
November 2021
Grant Title
iGEM — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Project
Organization Name
iGem
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
November 2021
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
November 2021
Grant Title
Stanford University — AI Alignment Research (2021)
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
November 2021
November 2021
Grant Title
Giving What We Can — General Support
Organization Name
Giving What We Can
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$600,000
Date
November 2021
November 2021
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution Collaboration
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$451,571
Date
November 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
William D’Alessandro — Course Development Support
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$19,000
Date
December 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
University of Maryland — Policy Fellowships
Organization Name
University of Maryland
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$483,880
Date
December 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
Biosecurity Funding for Individuals — Work and Study Support
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$554,910
Date
December 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support (2021)
Organization Name
Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,350,000
Date
December 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2021)
Organization Name
Georgetown University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$246,564
Date
December 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
Gaëtan Selle — Videos About Longtermism
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Catastrophic Biological Risk Reduction (2021)
Organization Name
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,250,000
Date
December 2021
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
December 2021
Grant Title
Cate Hall — Self-Study for Career Transition
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2021
December 2021
Grant Title
Centre for the Governance of AI — AI Field Building
Organization Name
Centre for the Governance of AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,537,600
Date
December 2021
January 2022
Grant Title
Open Philanthropy Biosecurity Scholarships (2022)
Organization Name
Scholarship (Various)
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,426,491
Date
January 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Should We Studio — Video Production
Organization Name
Should We Studio
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,320,000
Date
January 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research – COVID-19 Fractional Dosing Trial
Organization Name
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,921,000
Date
January 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Good Forever Foundation — Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19 Mitigation (2021)
Organization Name
Good Forever Foundation
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$200,000
Date
January 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Training Program (2022)
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,023,322
Date
January 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Nonlinear Fund — Personal Assistant Hiring Agency
Organization Name
Nonlinear Fund
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$15,000
Date
January 2022
January 2022
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation USA — Asterisk Magazine
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation USA
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$730,000
Date
January 2022
January 2022