Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
June 2023
Grant Title

Constellation — Coworking Space

Organization Name

Constellation

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
June 2023
April 2023
Grant Title

Metaculus — Platform Development (2023)

Organization Name

Metaculus

Focus Area
Forecasting
Amount
$3,000,000
Date
April 2023
March 2017
Grant Title

Rutgers University — Nuclear Conflict Climate Modeling

Organization Name

Rutgers University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,982,206
Date
March 2017
February 2024
Grant Title

Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2024)

Organization Name

Rational Animations

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,980,355
Date
February 2024
March 2022
Grant Title

Kurzgesagt — Short-form Video Content

Organization Name

Kurzgesagt

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,978,000
Date
March 2022
February 2020
Grant Title

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense — General Support

Organization Name

Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,970,000
Date
February 2020
March 2024
Grant Title

FutureHouse — Benchmarks for Biology Research and Development

Organization Name

FutureHouse

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,946,250
Date
March 2024
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 2024
Grant Title

Institute for AI Policy & Strategy — General Support

Organization Name

Institute for AI Policy and Strategy

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,916,898
Date
January 2024
July 2023
Grant Title

Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2023)

Organization Name

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,911,324
Date
July 2023
September 2022
Grant Title

Council on Strategic Risks — Biosecurity Fellowships and Policy Work

Organization Name

Council on Strategic Risks

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,898,350
Date
September 2022
January 2022
Grant Title

Open Philanthropy Technology Policy Fellowship (2022)

Organization Name
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,869,940
Date
January 2022
February 2023
Grant Title

Effective Ventures Foundation USA — General Support

Organization Name

Effective Ventures Foundation USA

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,750,000
Date
February 2023
October 2016
Grant Title

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Initiative

Organization Name

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,744,000
Date
October 2016
March 2022
Grant Title

Rethink Priorities — AI Governance Research (2022)

Organization Name

Rethink Priorities

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,728,319
Date
March 2022
June 2018
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,688,000
Date
June 2018
February 2019
Grant Title

Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,652,500
Date
February 2019
December 2022
Grant Title

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab — Biosecurity Research (2022)

Organization Name

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,648,881
Date
December 2022
November 2023
Grant Title

Eleuther AI — Interpretability Research

Organization Name

Eleuther AI

Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
Amount
$2,642,273
Date
November 2023
November 2023
Grant Title

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MATS (November 2023)

Organization Name

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,641,368
Date
November 2023
January 2018
Grant Title

Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense— General Support (2018)

Organization Name

Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense

Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Amount
$2,588,162
Date
January 2018
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
February 2023
Grant Title

Global Priorities Institute — General Support (2023)

Organization Name

Global Priorities Institute

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,506,291
Date
February 2023
December 2016
Grant Title

Harvard University — Solar Geoengineering Research Program

Organization Name

Harvard University

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
December 2016
March 2017
Grant Title

Centre for Effective Altruism — General Support (2017)

Organization Name

Centre for Effective Altruism

Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Amount
$2,500,000
Date
March 2017