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Grants & Fundrais­ing Opportunities

TagLast edit: Jul 15, 2020, 3:41 AM by Bird Concept

Many LessWrong readers actively rely on grants or fundraising opportunities to support their work (for example by running non-profits or startups, working as independent researchers, or being supported by academic grants).

This tag lists concrete opportunities for fundraising of interest to the LessWrong community. This typically means projects working on improving the long-term future, refining the art of rationality, and related missions.

This tag should not be used for meta-discussion, e.g. of fundraising strategies, coordination between funders, or cost-benefit analyses of particular funding opportunities.

Call for re­search on eval­u­at­ing al­ign­ment (fund­ing + ad­vice available)

Beth BarnesAug 31, 2021, 11:28 PM
105 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

Why I funded PIBBSS

Ryan KiddSep 15, 2024, 7:56 PM
115 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

Align­ment Grant­mak­ing is Fund­ing-Limited Right Now

johnswentworthJul 19, 2023, 4:49 PM
312 points
68 comments1 min readLW link

EA grants available (to in­di­vi­d­u­als)

Jameson QuinnFeb 7, 2019, 3:17 PM
34 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Long Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2019 grant decisions

habrykaApr 8, 2019, 2:05 AM
53 points
0 comments46 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2023 grant recommendations

Aug 2, 2023, 7:54 AM
81 points
3 comments50 min readLW link

A plea for more fund­ing short­fall transparency

porbyAug 7, 2023, 9:33 PM
73 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

Fund­ing for AI al­ign­ment research

paulfchristianoMar 3, 2018, 9:52 PM
39 points
24 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

What Does a Marginal Grant at LTFF Look Like? Fund­ing Pri­ori­ties and Grant­mak­ing Thresh­olds at the Long-Term Fu­ture Fund

Aug 11, 2023, 3:59 AM
64 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Mo­ral AI: Options

ManfredJul 11, 2015, 9:46 PM
14 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Fore­sight In­sti­tute’s AI Safety Grants Program

Allison DuettmannAug 17, 2023, 5:34 PM
35 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Play Re­grantor: Move up to $250,000 to Your Top High-Im­pact Pro­jects!

Dawn DrescherMay 17, 2023, 4:51 PM
26 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund Ask Us Any­thing (Septem­ber 2023)

Aug 31, 2023, 12:28 AM
33 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

$250K in Prizes: SafeBench Com­pe­ti­tion An­nounce­ment

ozhangApr 3, 2024, 10:07 PM
26 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

New Fore­sight Longevity Bio & Molec­u­lar Nano Grants Program

Allison DuettmannFeb 4, 2025, 12:28 AM
11 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Open Philan­thropy Tech­ni­cal AI Safety RFP - $40M Available Across 21 Re­search Areas

Feb 6, 2025, 6:58 PM
109 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Re­search di­rec­tions Open Phil wants to fund in tech­ni­cal AI safety

Feb 8, 2025, 1:40 AM
116 points
21 comments58 min readLW link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Work with me on agent foun­da­tions: in­de­pen­dent fellowship

Alex_AltairSep 21, 2024, 1:59 PM
59 points
5 comments4 min readLW link

Re­grant up to $600,000 to AI safety pro­jects with GiveWiki

Dawn DrescherOct 28, 2023, 7:56 PM
33 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

AISafety.com – Re­sources for AI Safety

May 17, 2024, 3:57 PM
82 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the $200k EA Com­mu­nity Choice

Austin ChenAug 14, 2024, 12:39 AM
58 points
8 comments1 min readLW link
(manifund.substack.com)

Finish­ing The SB-1047 Doc­u­men­tary In 6 Weeks

Michaël TrazziOct 28, 2024, 8:17 PM
94 points
5 comments4 min readLW link
(manifund.org)

Funds are available to sup­port LessWrong groups, among others

Jul 21, 2021, 1:11 AM
88 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The GiveWiki’s Top Picks in AI Safety for the Giv­ing Sea­son of 2023

Dawn DrescherDec 7, 2023, 9:23 AM
4 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(impactmarkets.substack.com)

Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing grant ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til March 7th ($0.8MM-$1.5MM planned for dis­per­sal)

habrykaJan 28, 2020, 11:36 PM
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Long Term Char­i­ties: Ap­ply for SFF Funding

ZviJan 25, 2022, 5:00 PM
62 points
0 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Be­ing an in­di­vi­d­ual al­ign­ment grantmaker

A_donorFeb 28, 2022, 8:02 PM
64 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What fund­ing sources ex­ist for tech­ni­cal AI safety re­search?

johnswentworthOct 1, 2019, 3:30 PM
27 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Over $1,000,000 in prizes for COVID-19 work from Emer­gent Ventures

jasoncrawfordMar 13, 2020, 3:46 PM
21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Im­pact Shares For Spec­u­la­tive Projects

ElizabethSep 5, 2022, 6:00 PM
30 points
8 comments7 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Con­sider Ap­ply­ing to the Fu­ture Fel­low­ship at MIT

jefftkOct 25, 2022, 3:40 PM
29 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

AI Safety Micro­grant Round

Chris_LeongNov 14, 2022, 4:25 AM
22 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

<$750k grants for Gen­eral Pur­pose AI As­surance/​Safety Research

PhosphorousJun 13, 2023, 4:45 AM
37 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(cset.georgetown.edu)

[U.S. Spe­cific] Free money (~$5k-$30k) for In­de­pen­dent Con­trac­tors and grant re­cip­i­ents from U.S. government

Apr 10, 2020, 5:00 AM
31 points
18 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Are funds (such as the Long-Term Fu­ture Fund) will­ing to give ex­tra money to AI safety re­searchers to bal­ance for the op­por­tu­nity cost of tak­ing an “in­dus­try” job?

Malleable_shapeMar 16, 2023, 11:54 AM
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

New Fund­ing Cat­e­gory Open in Fore­sight’s AI Safety Grants

Allison DuettmannNov 6, 2024, 10:59 PM
15 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Man­i­fund Regrants

Austin ChenJul 5, 2023, 7:42 PM
74 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI Fundraiser: Why now matters

So8resJul 24, 2015, 10:38 PM
41 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser

MaloDec 7, 2017, 9:47 PM
27 points
5 comments13 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2015 Win­ter Fundraiser!

So8resDec 9, 2015, 7:00 PM
43 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

Long Term Fu­ture Fund ap­pli­ca­tion is clos­ing this Fri­day (Oc­to­ber 11th)

habrykaOct 10, 2019, 12:44 AM
26 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Tal­linn-Evans $125,000 Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Kaj_SotalaDec 26, 2010, 11:21 AM
38 points
378 comments2 min readLW link

I’m hold­ing a birth­day fundraiser

Kaj_SotalaSep 5, 2014, 12:38 PM
39 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

[UPDATE: dead­line ex­tended to July 24!] New wind in ra­tio­nal­ity’s sails: Ap­pli­ca­tions for Epistea Res­i­dency 2023 are now open

Jul 11, 2023, 11:02 AM
80 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Launch­ing Light­speed Grants (Ap­ply by July 6th)

habrykaJun 7, 2023, 2:53 AM
211 points
41 comments5 min readLW link

Light­cone In­fras­truc­ture/​LessWrong is look­ing for funding

habrykaJun 14, 2023, 4:45 AM
205 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2016 Fundraiser

So8resSep 25, 2016, 4:55 PM
34 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Clearer Think­ing micro-grants pro­gram for 2023

spencergAug 7, 2023, 3:21 PM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.clearerthinking.org)

Re­quest for pro­pos­als for Musk/​FLI grants

danieldeweyFeb 5, 2015, 5:04 PM
35 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity In­sti­tute $100K Challenge Grant /​ 2009 Dona­tions Reminder

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 30, 2009, 12:36 AM
16 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

The Last Days of the Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Eliezer YudkowskyFeb 26, 2010, 3:46 AM
24 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing Fund Ap­pli­ca­tions clos­ing in 3 days

habrykaOct 2, 2019, 12:12 AM
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

First ap­pli­ca­tion round of the EAF Fund

JesseCliftonJul 8, 2019, 12:20 AM
20 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

The $125,000 Sum­mer Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Kaj_SotalaJul 29, 2011, 9:02 PM
32 points
262 comments2 min readLW link

Science to Be Done In­ter­na­tion­ally Us­ing Blockchain

Victor PortonSep 7, 2023, 11:29 PM
−18 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(science-dao.org)

Wel­come to Ap­ply: The 2024 Vi­talik Bu­terin Fel­low­ships in AI Ex­is­ten­tial Safety by FLI!

Zhijing JinSep 25, 2023, 6:42 PM
5 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

LTFF and EAIF are un­usu­ally fund­ing-con­strained right now

Aug 30, 2023, 1:03 AM
90 points
24 comments15 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Be­come a PIBBSS Re­search Affiliate

Oct 10, 2023, 7:41 AM
24 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

Ap­ply to Effec­tive Altru­ism Funds now

Jonas VFeb 13, 2021, 1:36 PM
26 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Re­quest for pro­pos­als for pro­jects in AI al­ign­ment that work with deep learn­ing systems

Oct 29, 2021, 7:26 AM
87 points
0 comments5 min readLW link

Ac­tion: Help ex­pand fund­ing for AI Safety by co­or­di­nat­ing on NSF response

Evan R. MurphyJan 19, 2022, 10:47 PM
23 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Some (po­ten­tially) fund­able AI Safety Ideas

Logan RiggsMar 16, 2022, 12:48 PM
22 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Clearer Think­ing Re­grants program

spencergJun 17, 2022, 1:14 PM
36 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Leap Labs, an AI in­ter­pretabil­ity startup

Jessica RumbelowMar 6, 2023, 4:16 PM
103 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

EA Funds: Long-Term Fu­ture fund is open to ap­pli­ca­tions un­til Novem­ber 24th (this Satur­day)

habrykaNov 21, 2018, 3:39 AM
37 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the SoS Re­search Col­lec­tive for in­de­pen­dent re­searchers (and aca­demics think­ing in­de­pen­dently)

rogersbaconJan 22, 2024, 8:13 PM
15 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(www.theseedsofscience.pub)

AI x Hu­man Flour­ish­ing: In­tro­duc­ing the Cos­mos Institute

Brendan McCordSep 5, 2024, 6:23 PM
14 points
5 comments6 min readLW link
(cosmosinstitute.substack.com)

An­nounc­ing Open Philan­thropy’s AI gov­er­nance and policy RFP

Julian HazellJul 17, 2024, 2:02 AM
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Case Story: Lack of Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion Pro­ce­dures AI Ma­nipu­la­tion and the Threat of Fund Con­cen­tra­tion in Crypto Seek­ing As­sis­tance to Fund a Civil Case to Estab­lish Facts and Pro­tect Vuln­er­a­ble Con­sumers from Da­m­age Caused by Au­to­mated Sys­tems

Petr 'Margot' AndreevAug 8, 2024, 5:55 AM
−9 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Model­ing AI-driven oc­cu­pa­tional change over the next 10 years and beyond

2120ethNov 12, 2024, 4:58 AM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Re­quest for pro­pos­als: im­prov­ing ca­pa­bil­ity evaluations

cbFeb 7, 2025, 6:51 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

Ap­ply to >30 AI safety fun­ders in one ap­pli­ca­tion with the Non­lin­ear Network

Apr 12, 2023, 9:23 PM
65 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

AI Ex­is­ten­tial Safety Fellowships

mmfliOct 28, 2023, 6:07 PM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

AI Safety Hub Ser­bia Offi­cial Opening

Oct 28, 2023, 5:03 PM
55 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Up­dates to Open Phil’s ca­reer de­vel­op­ment and tran­si­tion fund­ing program

Dec 4, 2023, 6:10 PM
28 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing Fund grant ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til Oc­to­ber 4th ($1MM-$2MM planned for dis­per­sal)

habrykaSep 9, 2019, 4:12 AM
27 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the Longevity Re­search Institute

sarahconstantinMay 8, 2018, 3:30 AM
54 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Last Chance to Fund the Berkeley REACH

decodyngJun 27, 2018, 9:38 PM
110 points
52 comments4 min readLW link

Rais­ing funds to es­tab­lish a new AI Safety charity

nullMar 17, 2018, 12:09 AM
57 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Thoughts on the REACH Patreon

RaemonApr 30, 2018, 8:51 PM
36 points
21 comments20 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the Longevity Re­search Institute

sarahconstantinDec 14, 2018, 8:20 PM
79 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

The Case for The EA Hotel

Matt GoldenbergMar 31, 2019, 12:31 PM
57 points
26 comments10 min readLW link

I Vouch For MIRI

ZviDec 17, 2017, 5:50 PM
39 points
9 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Berkeley REACH Sup­port­ers Up­date: Septem­ber 2018

stardustSep 16, 2018, 11:56 PM
58 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

Op­por­tu­ni­ties for in­di­vi­d­ual donors in AI safety

Alex FlintMar 31, 2018, 6:37 PM
30 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2019 Fundraiser

MaloDec 3, 2019, 1:16 AM
55 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

The Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute could make use of your money

danieldeweySep 26, 2014, 10:53 PM
78 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Ma­jor Dona­tion: Long Term Fu­ture Fund Ap­pli­ca­tion Ex­tended 1 Week

habrykaFeb 16, 2019, 11:30 PM
42 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

New or­ga­ni­za­tion—Fu­ture of Life In­sti­tute (FLI)

VikaJun 14, 2014, 11:00 PM
70 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­ply for Emer­gent Ventures

ZviSep 13, 2018, 9:50 PM
40 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

MIRI’s 2015 Sum­mer Fundraiser!

So8resAug 19, 2015, 12:27 AM
64 points
44 comments5 min readLW link

Help Fund Luke­prog at SIAI

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 24, 2011, 7:16 AM
63 points
278 comments1 min readLW link

CFAR fundraiser far from filled; 4 days remaining

AnnaSalamonJan 27, 2015, 7:26 AM
69 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser

MaloDec 1, 2017, 1:45 PM
19 points
4 comments13 min readLW link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Au­gust 2019 grant recommendations

habrykaOct 3, 2019, 8:41 PM
35 points
0 comments64 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Pro­gram­ming Lan­guage Early Fund­ing?

J Thomas MorosFeb 16, 2025, 5:34 PM
1 point
5 comments3 min readLW link

CFAR’s 2019 Fundraiser

Timothy Telleen-LawtonDec 30, 2019, 12:03 AM
32 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Long Term Fu­ture Fund ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til June 28th

habrykaJun 10, 2019, 8:39 PM
30 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

EA Funds: Long-Term Fu­ture fund is open to ap­pli­ca­tions un­til Feb. 7th

habrykaJan 17, 2019, 8:27 PM
24 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

2012 Win­ter Fundraiser for the Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

lukeprogDec 6, 2012, 10:41 PM
48 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

Vote for MIRI to be donated a share of red­dit’s ad­ver­tis­ing revenue

[deleted]Feb 19, 2015, 10:07 AM
40 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
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