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Grants
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Grant
Title -
Organization
Name -
Focus
Area -
Amount
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Date
October 2018
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Research on Drought-Tolerant Rice (Brian Staskawicz)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Other Scientific Research Areas
Amount
$200,000
Date
October 2018
November 2021
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Research on Labor Market Outcomes
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$50,000
Date
November 2021
April 2020
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Research on Rapid COVID-19 Serology Testing (Lisa Barcellos and Eva Harris)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,300,000
Date
April 2020
July 2021
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Tuberculosis Diagnosis (Adithya Cattamanchi and Sarah Stanley)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$60,000
Date
July 2021
August 2022
Grant Title
UC Berkeley — Tuberculosis Research
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$84,760
Date
August 2022
March 2021
Grant Title
UC Davis — COVID-19 Antiviral Studies (Lark L. Coffey)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$100,642
Date
March 2021
February 2020
Grant Title
UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
February 2020
December 2021
Grant Title
UC Davis — Malaria Gene Drive Feasibility Analysis (Greg Lanzaro) (2021)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$10,248,967
Date
December 2021
August 2023
Grant Title
UC Davis — Rainbow Trout Enrichment Study
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$97,457
Date
August 2023
March 2020
Grant Title
UC Davis — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Koen Van Rompay)
Organization Name
University of California, Davis
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$170,190
Date
March 2020
April 2022
Grant Title
UC San Diego — Cost-Benefit Analysis for Malaria Suppression
Organization Name
San Diego
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$190,000
Date
April 2022
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
January 2023
Grant Title
UC Santa Cruz — Adversarial Robustness Research (2023)
Organization Name
University of California, Santa Cruz
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$114,000
Date
January 2023
March 2017
Grant Title
UCLA — Climate Engineering Governance
Organization Name
UCLA School of Law
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$776,095
Date
March 2017
May 2017
Grant Title
UCLA School of Law — AI Governance
Organization Name
UCLA School of Law
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$1,536,222
Date
May 2017
August 2018
Grant Title
UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2019)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,021,318
Date
August 2018
September 2021
Grant Title
UCSF — Chronic Pain Research (Allan Basbaum) (2021)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Other Scientific Research Areas
Amount
$1,066,312
Date
September 2021
June 2017
Grant Title
UCSF — Organ Regenerative Surgery (Tammy Chang)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$825,000
Date
June 2017
February 2018
Grant Title
UCSF — Research on Antiviral Drugs (Raul Andino)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$880,000
Date
February 2018
March 2024
Grant Title
UK Day One – Science and Technology Policy Crowdsourcing
Organization Name
UK Day One
Focus Area
Innovation Policy
Amount
$150,000
Date
March 2024
January 2022
Grant Title
United Fort Worth — Criminal Justice Reform
Organization Name
United Fort Worth
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$200,000
Date
January 2022
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
September 2021
Grant Title
Université de Montréal — Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
Organization Name
Université de Montréal
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$210,552
Date
September 2021
March 2024
Grant Title
University Health Network — Hepatitis C Challenge Model
Organization Name
University Health Network
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$1,460,000
Date
March 2024
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
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
October 2023
Grant Title
University of Amsterdam — HCV Vaccine Research
Organization Name
University of Amsterdam
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$3,464,862
Date
October 2023
May 2022
Grant Title
University of Bern — Cage-free Layer Hen Genetics
Organization Name
University of Bern
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
Amount
$2,700,000
Date
May 2022
November 2018
Grant Title
University of Bern — Higher Welfare Cage-Free Systems
Organization Name
University of Bern
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$150,000
Date
November 2018
November 2020
Grant Title
University of Bern — Layer Hen Breeding Research
Organization Name
University of Bern
Focus Area
Cage-Free Reforms
Amount
$410,000
Date
November 2020
May 2023
Grant Title
University of Birmingham — Biological Threat Detection Research
Organization Name
University of Birmingham
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$75,000
Date
May 2023
July 2023
Grant Title
University of Bonn — Influenza Drug Development
Organization Name
University of Bonn
Focus Area
Human Health and Wellbeing
Amount
$2,200,000
Date
July 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
University of British Columbia — AI Alignment Research
Organization Name
University of British Columbia
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$100,375
Date
January 2023
January 2023
Grant Title
University of California, Berkeley — Aging Research (Irina Conboy) (2023)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$3,042,600
Date
January 2023
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
March 2024
Grant Title
University of California, Berkeley — Alternative Meats Lab (2024)
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
Amount
$800,000
Date
March 2024
September 2022
Grant Title
University of California, Berkeley — PAVITRA Pollution Modeling Tool
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Focus Area
South Asian Air Quality
Amount
$1,308,342
Date
September 2022
January 2024
Grant Title
University of California, Los Angeles – Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2023)
Organization Name
University of California, Los Angeles
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$1,500,000
Date
January 2024
April 2019
Grant Title
University of California, Los Angeles — Epigenetic Clock Research (Steve Horvath)
Organization Name
University of California, Los Angeles
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$2,368,300
Date
April 2019
September 2020
Grant Title
University of California, Los Angeles — Social Science Genetic Association Consortium (2020)
Organization Name
University of California, Los Angeles
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
Amount
$2,250,000
Date
September 2020
November 2021
Grant Title
University of California, San Francisco Foundation — Reproductive Medicine Research
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$550,000
Date
November 2021
July 2023
Grant Title
University of California, San Francisco Foundation — Reproductive Medicine Research (2023)
Organization Name
University of California, San Francisco
Focus Area
Scientific Research
Amount
$200,000
Date
July 2023
April 2021
Grant Title
University of Cambridge — Machine Learning Research
Organization Name
University of Cambridge
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$250,000
Date
April 2021
September 2016
Grant Title
University of Cape Town — Geomagnetics Research
Organization Name
University of Cape Town
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$493,425
Date
September 2016
June 2022
Grant Title
University of Chicago — Chicago School of Existential Risk
Organization Name
University of Chicago
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$207,000
Date
June 2022
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
May 2023
Grant Title
University of Chicago — Research on Complementary AI
Organization Name
University of Chicago
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$250,000
Date
May 2023
January 2022
Grant Title
University of Chicago — Research on Mobile Conditional Cash Transfers
Organization Name
University of Chicago
Focus Area
GiveWell-Recommended Charities
Amount
$1,602,868
Date
January 2022
April 2020
Grant Title
University of Colorado — COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment Experiments
Organization Name
University of Colorado
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$250,000
Date
April 2020
January 2022