This page contains selected news coverage about our work and that of our grantees.
In the News
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July 12, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Alexander Berger on improving global health and wellbeing in clear and direct ways
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July 2021
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Global Health & Wellbeing
August 26, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on building aptitudes and kicking ass
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August 2021
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August 19, 2021
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Holden Karnofsky on the most important century
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August 2021
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Longtermism
February 15, 2021
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80,000 Hours: Lewis Bollard on big wins against factory farming and how they happened
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February 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
March 18, 2020
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Barron’s Penta: How Philanthropists are Tackling COVID-19
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March 2020
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Scientific Research
September 01, 2022
November 02, 2020
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BioSpace: Icosavax Turns VLP Tech to COVID-19 Vaccine, with $16.5 Million in New Financing
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November 2020
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Scientific Research
March 15, 2018
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Bloomberg: Protein Engineering May Be the Future of Science
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March 2018
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Scientific Research
December 01, 2015
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Chronicle of Philanthropy: Wringing the Most Good Out of a Facebook Fortune
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December 2015
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May 24, 2018
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CNN: This startup wants to help the planet with meatless burgers
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May 2018
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Farm Animal Welfare
October 04, 2018
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Devex: A new US development finance agency takes flight
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October 2018
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Global Health & Development
January 06, 2022
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Devex: Open Philanthropy launches programs for South Asia, global aid work
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January 2022
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Global Aid Policy
October 29, 2018
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Discover Magazine: Meet the Biochemist Engineering Proteins From Scratch
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October 2018
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Scientific Research
September 24, 2021
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EE Times: Building a Framework to Trust AI
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September 2021
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Potential Risks from Advanced AI
October 15, 2019
September 25, 2019
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Engineers Without Borders USA: Creating Cold: The Chilling Challenge of Off-Grid Refrigeration for Developing Countries
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September 2019
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Scientific Research
April 27, 2021
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Financial Times: Air pollution: Asia’s deadliest public health crisis is not Covid
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April 2021
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South Asian Air Quality
September 10, 2020
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Forbes: 2021 Breakthrough Prize Winners Announced: Researcher Who Developed Protein Design Technology Awarded $3 Million
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September 2020
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Scientific Research
July 01, 2020
March 19, 2021
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Forbes: French Birds, Spanish Cows, Danish Minks: The Fight For Animals’ Rights In Europe
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March 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
March 21, 2019
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Forbes: With Launch Of New CRISPR Company, Competition Extends To Diagnostics
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March 2019
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Scientific Research
April 04, 2018
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GeekWire: Open Philanthropy Project awards $11M to protein designers for universal flu vaccine
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April 2018
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Scientific Research
October 02, 2019
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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: Cancer Vaccine Developers Report Bumper Crop of New Cancer Antigens
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October 2019
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Scientific Research
November 16, 2021
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Inside Philanthropy: With More Donors, Open Philanthropy is Spinning Its Criminal Justice Reform Work into a New Fund
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November 2021
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Criminal Justice Reform
October 02, 2019
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Nature Biotechnology, First Rounders Podcast: Pardis Sabeti
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October 2019
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Scientific Research
November 05, 2020
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Nature: Coronavirus Testing Finally Gathers Speed
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November 2020
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Scientific Research
December 20, 2017
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Nature: Facebook billionaire pours funds into high-risk research
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December 2017
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Scientific Research
February 19, 2019
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Nature: Faster, better, cheaper: the rise of CRISPR in disease detection
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February 2019
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Scientific Research
September 05, 2019
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Nature: First hint that body’s ‘biological age’ can be reversed
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September 2019
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Scientific Research
June 21, 2018
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Nature: Migrants and refugees are good for economies
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June 2018
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Immigration Policy
January 05, 2017
October 23, 2020
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Nikkei Asia: Thai food producers shift focus to animal welfare
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October 2020
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Farm Animal Welfare
May 11, 2018
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NPR: Can A Cocktail Of Vitamins And Steroids Cure A Major Killer In Hospitals?
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May 2018
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Scientific Research
November 30, 2021
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NPR: On #GivingTuesday, How To Get The Most Bang For Your Charity Buck
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November 2021
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Global Health & Development
January 07, 2019
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NPR: Why This Charity Isn’t Afraid To Say It Failed
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January 2019
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Global Health & Development
May 10, 2021
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PBS News Hour: In her bid to end TB Mireille Kamariza is shattering stereotypes about scientists
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May 2021
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Scientific Research
January 18, 2018
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Quanta Magazine: A Neurobiologist Thinks Big — and Small
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January 2018
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Scientific Research
June 30, 2021
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Reuters: Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says
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June 2021
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Farm Animal Welfare
July 13, 2020
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San Fransisco Business Times: Biotech Legends Help Launch Parasite-Fighting Startup with Deep Stanford Ties
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July 2020
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Scientific Research
May 04, 2016
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Science Magazine: Grassroots Future of Research group makes it official
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May 2016
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Scientific Research
June 07, 2018
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Scientific American: A Shot against Cancer Slated for Testing in Massive Dog Study
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June 2018
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Scientific Research
August 01, 2017
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Scientific American: Disease Hunters Enlarge the Enemy to Get a Better Look
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August 2017
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Longtermism
October 12, 2020
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Scientific American: Lab-Made ‘Miniproteins’ Could Block the Coronavirus from Infecting Cells
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October 2020
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Scientific Research
July 22, 2020
October 05, 2020
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Stanford Medicine News Center: Jeffrey Glenn Granted $14.3 Million to Develop Broad Spectrum Drug
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October 2020
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Scientific Research
May 17, 2018
January 17, 2019
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STAT: ‘Taste of the future’: New microscopy technique captures stunning images of a fly’s brain
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January 2019
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Scientific Research
December 20, 2021
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STAT: For an antiviral researcher, Covid brings a flood of attention — and opportunity
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December 2021
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Scientific Research
September 05, 2018