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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
May 2016
Grant Title
Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC
Organization Name
Center for Applied Rationality
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$304,000
Date
May 2016
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
June 2023
Grant Title
Condor Camp — Summer Program for Brazilian Students
Organization Name
Condor Camp
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$301,197
Date
June 2023
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
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
April 2020
Grant Title
LessWrong — General Support
Organization Name
LessWrong
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$300,000
Date
April 2020
November 2021
Grant Title
iGEM — Biological Weapons Convention Verification Project
Organization Name
iGem
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
November 2021
February 2021
Grant Title
University of Tübingen — Adversarial Robustness Research (Matthias Hein)
Organization Name
University of Tübingen
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2021
July 2017
Grant Title
Smithsonian Institution — Outbreak Exhibit
Organization Name
Smithsonian Institution
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$300,000
Date
July 2017
July 2017
Grant Title
Yale University — Research on the Global Politics of AI
Organization Name
Yale University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$299,320
Date
July 2017
April 2022
Grant Title
Cecil Abungu — Effective Altruism Fellowship in Africa
Organization Name
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$294,000
Date
April 2022
April 2021
Grant Title
Wilson Center — AI Policy Training Program
Organization Name
The Wilson Center
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$291,214
Date
April 2021
April 2024
Grant Title
LASR Labs — Fellowship Program
Organization Name
LASR Labs
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$288,732
Date
April 2024
August 2023
Grant Title
Effective Ventures Foundation — AI Safety Communications Centre
Organization Name
Effective Ventures Foundation
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$288,000
Date
August 2023
May 2023
Grant Title
Swiss Existential Risk Initiative — Summer Research Fellowship
Organization Name
Pivotal Research
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$286,500
Date
May 2023
September 2023
Grant Title
University of Maryland — Policy Fellowship (September 2023)
Organization Name
University of Maryland
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$286,000
Date
September 2023
November 2021
Grant Title
Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2021)
Organization Name
Rational Animations
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$285,000
Date
November 2021
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
January 2023
Grant Title
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative — Machine Learning Bootcamps
Organization Name
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$284,629
Date
January 2023
March 2023
Grant Title
FAR AI — FAR Labs Office Space
Organization Name
FAR AI
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$280,000
Date
March 2023
June 2016
Grant Title
George Mason University — Research into Future Artificial Intelligence Scenarios
Organization Name
George Mason University
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$277,435
Date
June 2016
October 2023
Grant Title
Centre for Effective Altruism — Groups Team Support (EVF USA)
Organization Name
Centre for Effective Altruism
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$276,127
Date
October 2023
October 2021
Grant Title
University of Pennsylvania — Forecasting Tournament Planning
Organization Name
University of Pennsylvania
Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$275,000
Date
October 2021
January 2021
Grant Title
UC Santa Cruz — Adversarial Robustness Research
Organization Name
University of California, Santa Cruz
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$265,000
Date
January 2021
March 2022