Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
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
August 2021
Grant Title

George Washington University — Innovation in National Security Fellowship

Organization Name

George Washington University

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$450,000
Date
August 2021
March 2017
Grant Title

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2017)

Organization Name

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$3,500,000
Date
March 2017
February 2018
Grant Title

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$44,627
Date
February 2018
February 2020
Grant Title

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (February 2020)

Organization Name

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$1,200,000
Date
February 2020
March 2020
Grant Title

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security — General Support (March 2020)

Organization Name

Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,400,000
Date
March 2020
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 2020
Grant Title

Georgetown University — Center on Poverty and Inequality

Organization Name

The Center on Poverty and Inequality

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$50,000
Date
January 2020
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 2022
Grant Title

Georgetown University — Policy Fellowship (2022)

Organization Name

Georgetown University

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$239,061
Date
December 2022
August 2015
Grant Title

Georgetown University — Public Health and Cannabis Legalization

Organization Name

Georgetown University

Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
Amount
$250,000
Date
August 2015
December 2018
Grant Title

Georgia Institute of Technology — Biology Research (Saad Bhamla)

Organization Name

Georgia Institute of Technology

Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$50,000
Date
December 2018
October 2022
Grant Title

Georgia Institute of Technology — Portable Spectrometers

Organization Name

Georgia Institute of Technology

Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$111,000
Date
October 2022
April 2021
Grant Title

Georgia Tech — Research on Lipid Nanoparticles (James Dahlman)

Organization Name

Georgia Institute of Technology

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$882,000
Date
April 2021
January 2022
Grant Title

GiveDirectly – General Support (2022)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2022
January 2021
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (2021)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
January 2021
December 2012
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2012)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$500,000
Date
December 2012
December 2014
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2014)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$5,000,000
Date
December 2014
December 2017
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2017)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2017
December 2018
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2018)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2018
December 2019
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2019)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2019
January 2014
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2014)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$7,000,000
Date
January 2014
January 2016
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2016)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$9,750,000
Date
January 2016
January 2017
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (January 2017)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
January 2017
June 2015
Grant Title

GiveDirectly — General Support (June 2015)

Organization Name

GiveDirectly

Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$25,000,000
Date
June 2015