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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
April 2022
Grant Title
AI Safety Support — Research on Trends in Machine Learning
Organization Name
AI Safety Support
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$42,000
Date
April 2022
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
June 2023
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Germany — ML4Good Bootcamp
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Germany
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$40,377
Date
June 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
University of Oxford — Genetic Engineering Attribution
Organization Name
University of Oxford
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$40,000
Date
January 2023
June 2022
Grant Title
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Language Model Alignment Research
Organization Name
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$40,000
Date
June 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
University of Toronto — Social Science Prediction Platform
Organization Name
University of Toronto
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$40,000
Date
March 2023
November 2022
Grant Title
Seton Hall University — Longtermism Course Development
Organization Name
Seton Hall University
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$39,780
Date
November 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
San José State University — AI Research
Organization Name
California State University, San José
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$39,000
Date
March 2023
January 2024
Grant Title
OPTIC Forecasting — Forecasting Competitions
Organization Name
OPTIC Forecasting
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$39,000
Date
January 2024
January 2020
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Support for The Precipice
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,350
Date
January 2020
August 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — AI Research and Governance Workshop
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$38,220
Date
August 2023
February 2023
Grant Title
Brian Christian — Psychology Research
Organization Name
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$37,903
Date
February 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — Support for What We Owe The Future
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$37,128
Date
January 2023
September 2022
Grant Title
University of Queensland — Online EA Course
Organization Name
University of Queensland
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$36,561
Date
September 2022
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
December 2022
Grant Title
Effective Altruism Consulting Network — General Support (2022)
Organization Name
Effective Altruism Consulting Network
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$34,500
Date
December 2022
February 2023
Grant Title
Legal Priorities Project — Litigation Research
Organization Name
Legal Priorities Project
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$34,000
Date
February 2023
October 2021
Grant Title
University of Southern California — Course Development Support (Jake Nebel)
Organization Name
University of Southern California
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$33,000
Date
October 2021
December 2018
Grant Title
The University of Sydney — 2019 Global Health Security Conference
Organization Name
University of Sydney
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$32,621
Date
December 2018
December 2016
Grant Title
AI Impacts — General Support (2016)
Organization Name
AI Impacts
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$32,000
Date
December 2016
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
December 2022
Grant Title
Chelsea Liang — Biosecurity Policy in Australia
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$31,099
Date
December 2022
January 2020
Grant Title
RAND Corporation — Research on the State of AI Assurance Methods
Organization Name
The RAND Corporation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$30,751
Date
January 2020
November 2023
Grant Title
Synonym Bio — Food Production Research
Organization Name
Synonym Bio
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$30,000
Date
November 2023
February 2023
Grant Title
Sabine Wieluch and Sebastian Morr GbR — EA Web Content
Organization Name
Sabine Wieluch and Sebastian Morr GbR
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$30,000
Date
February 2023
August 2021
Grant Title
Future of Humanity Institute — Economist Survey
Organization Name
Future of Humanity Institute
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$30,000
Date
August 2021
January 2023
Grant Title
Altruistic Agency — Tech Support for Nonprofits
Organization Name
Altruistic Agency
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$30,000
Date
January 2023
August 2020
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Geopolitical Forecasting Research (2020)
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$29,432
Date
August 2020
April 2022
Grant Title
OpenMined — Research on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and AI Safety
Organization Name
OpenMined
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$28,320
Date
April 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
October 2018
Grant Title
University of Oxford — D.Phil Support for Andrew Snyder-Beattie
Organization Name
University of Oxford
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$26,086
Date
October 2018
October 2023
Grant Title
University of California, Berkeley — AI Alignment Workshop
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$26,000
Date
October 2023
August 2022
Grant Title
Effektiv Spenden — German Translation of The Life You Can Save
Organization Name
Effektiv Spenden
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,458
Date
August 2022
March 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Effective Altruism — AI Safety Labs
Organization Name
Cambridge Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,239
Date
March 2023
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
March 2017
Grant Title
Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning — General Support
Organization Name
Distill Prize for Clarity in Machine Learning
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
March 2017
February 2023
Grant Title
Arb Research — Staff Support
Organization Name
Arb Research
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$25,000
Date
February 2023
December 2018
Grant Title
Biosecure Ltd — Campaign Against Bioweapons Research
Organization Name
Biosecure Ltd
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2018
November 2023
Grant Title
ETH Zurich Foundation (USA) — Machine Learning Research Support
Organization Name
ETH Zurich Fondation (USA)
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
November 2023
September 2020
Grant Title
Rice, Hadley, Gates and Manuel LLC — AI Accident Risk and Technology Competition
Organization Name
Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
September 2020
December 2021
Grant Title
Cate Hall — Self-Study for Career Transition
Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$25,000
Date
December 2021
March 2017
Grant Title
Stanford University — Percy Liang Planning Grant
Organization Name
Stanford University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$25,000
Date
March 2017
August 2022
Grant Title
Juan Gil — Book Distribution
Organization Name
Juan Gil
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$24,745
Date
August 2022
October 2020
Grant Title
Center for a New American Security — AI Governance Projects
Organization Name
Center for a New American Security
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$24,350
Date
October 2020
February 2023
Grant Title
University of Pavia — Law, Ethics, and AI Course Development
Organization Name
University of Pavia
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$23,245
Date
February 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
Lausanne AI Alignment — AI Alignment Bootcamp
Organization Name
Lausanne AI Alignment
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$21,092
Date
January 2023
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
March 2021
Grant Title
Tampere University — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks (2021)
Organization Name
Tampere University
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$20,000
Date
March 2021
June 2022
Grant Title
Universidad de Sevilla — Course on Effective Altruism
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$19,982
Date
June 2022
February 2024