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Research & Updates
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January 2018
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Quanta Magazine: A Neurobiologist Thinks Big — and Small
Date
January 18, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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August 2019
February 2017
September 2017
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Reasonable Doubt: A New Look at Whether Prison Growth Cuts Crime
Date
September 24, 2017
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
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December 2017
September 2012
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Rebecca Daou, Divisions Manager, Lions Club International Foundation
Date
September 25, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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December 2014
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Rebecca Sandefur, Associate Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Faculty Fellow, American Bar Association
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December 15, 2014
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Other Areas
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September 2012
May 2013
March 2019
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Reflections on Our 2018 Generalist Research Analyst Recruiting
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March 07, 2019
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March 2021
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Report on Semi-Informative Priors
Date
March 25, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2022
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Report on Social Returns to Productivity Growth
Date
July 15, 2022
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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June 2021
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Report on Whether AI Could Drive Explosive Economic Growth
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June 17, 2021
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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May 2022
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Request for Proposals: Help Open Philanthropy Quantify Biological Risk
Date
May 12, 2022
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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April 2018
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Research and Development to Decrease Biosecurity Risks from Viral Pathogens
Date
April 01, 2018
Focus Area
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
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December 2017
May 2017
December 2017
June 2017
October 2016
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Research on Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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October 13, 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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January 2014
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Returns to Life Sciences Funding
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January 15, 2014
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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June 2021
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Reuters: Caged animal farming must end in EU, European Commission says
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June 30, 2021
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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March 2014
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Richard England, Visiting Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Professor of Economics and Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire
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March 22, 2014
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Other Areas
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September 2014
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Richard Jones, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Professor of Physics, University of Sheffield
Date
September 30, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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January 2013
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Richard Mugisha, Program Officer/Country Manager, Uganda, Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa
Date
January 29, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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February 2014
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Richard Sullivan, MD, PhD, Professor of Cancer Policy & Global Health at Kings College London, Director of the Kings Institute of Cancer Policy
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February 06, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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January 2014
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Richard Sullivan, MD, PhD, Professor of Cancer Policy & Global Health at Kings College London, Director of the Kings Institute of Cancer Policy
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January 08, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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June 2015
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Risks from Atomically Precise Manufacturing
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June 05, 2015
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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January 2014
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Rob Reich, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University; Board member, GiveWell
Date
January 09, 2014
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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April 2014
Title
Robert Bloomfield, Professor of Management and Accounting, Cornell University
Date
April 04, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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November 2014
Title
Robert Einhorn, Senior Fellow, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, The Brookings Institution
Date
November 10, 2014
Focus Area
Global Catastrophic Risks
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April 2014
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Robert Greenstein, President, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Date
April 03, 2014
Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
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November 2015
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Robert Heimer, Professor of Epidemiology and of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine
Date
November 16, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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May 2014
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Robert Martin, Program Director, Food System Policy Program, John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
Date
May 14, 2014
Focus Area
Farm Animal Welfare
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June 2013
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Robert Tjian, President, and Cheryl Moore, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, HHMI
Date
June 03, 2013
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Scientific Research
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January 2014
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Robin Hanson, Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Date
January 15, 2014
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Other Areas
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July 2015
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Russell Stewart, PhD Student, Stanford University
Date
July 29, 2015
Focus Area
Potential Risks from Advanced AI
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July 2013
Title
Ruth Levineb (Program Director), Helena Choi (Program Officer), and Margot Fahnestock (Program Officer), Global Development and Population Program
Date
July 15, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2012
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Sally Green, Co-Director of the Australasian Cochrane Center
Date
August 23, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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August 2013
Title
Sally O’Brien, Senior Vice President of Philanthropic Partnerships, Pew Charitable Trusts
Date
August 14, 2013
Focus Area
Global Health & Wellbeing
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October 2013
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Sally Satel, MD, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Date
October 10, 2013
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Other Areas
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July 2020
Title
San Fransisco Business Times: Biotech Legends Help Launch Parasite-Fighting Startup with Deep Stanford Ties
Date
July 13, 2020
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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September 2012
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Sara Rogge and Alix Zwane, Senior Program Officers, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Gates Foundation, and Jenna Brereton, Consultant, Geneva Global
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September 18, 2012
Focus Area
Global Health & Development
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September 2016
Title
Sarah Williamson, Executive Director, Protect the People
Date
September 09, 2016
Focus Area
Immigration Policy
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June 2021
Title
Scale-Up Economics for Cultured Meat
Date
June 07, 2021
Focus Area
Alternatives to Animal Products
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May 2016
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Science Magazine: Grassroots Future of Research group makes it official
Date
May 04, 2016
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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April 2015
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Science Policy and Infrastructure
Date
April 21, 2015
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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June 2018
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Scientific American: A Shot against Cancer Slated for Testing in Massive Dog Study
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June 07, 2018
Focus Area
Scientific Research
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August 2017
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Scientific American: Disease Hunters Enlarge the Enemy to Get a Better Look
Date
August 01, 2017
Focus Area
Scientific Innovation: Tools and Techniques
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October 2020