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Grants & Fundrais­ing Opportunities

TagLast edit: 15 Jul 2020 3:41 UTC by jacobjacob

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.

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

Eliezer Yudkowsky30 Dec 2009 0:36 UTC
16 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

The Last Days of the Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Feb 2010 3:46 UTC
24 points
86 comments1 min readLW link

Tal­linn-Evans $125,000 Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Kaj_Sotala26 Dec 2010 11:21 UTC
38 points
378 comments2 min readLW link

The $125,000 Sum­mer Sin­gu­lar­ity Challenge

Kaj_Sotala29 Jul 2011 21:02 UTC
32 points
262 comments2 min readLW link

Help Fund Luke­prog at SIAI

Eliezer Yudkowsky24 Aug 2011 7:16 UTC
63 points
278 comments1 min readLW link

2012 Win­ter Fundraiser for the Sin­gu­lar­ity Institute

lukeprog6 Dec 2012 22:41 UTC
48 points
113 comments3 min readLW link

New or­ga­ni­za­tion—Fu­ture of Life In­sti­tute (FLI)

Vika14 Jun 2014 23:00 UTC
70 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

I’m hold­ing a birth­day fundraiser

Kaj_Sotala5 Sep 2014 12:38 UTC
39 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

The Fu­ture of Hu­man­ity In­sti­tute could make use of your money

danieldewey26 Sep 2014 22:53 UTC
78 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

CFAR fundraiser far from filled; 4 days remaining

AnnaSalamon27 Jan 2015 7:26 UTC
69 points
48 comments1 min readLW link

Re­quest for pro­pos­als for Musk/​FLI grants

danieldewey5 Feb 2015 17:04 UTC
35 points
11 comments2 min readLW link

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

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

Mo­ral AI: Options

Manfred11 Jul 2015 21:46 UTC
14 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

MIRI Fundraiser: Why now matters

So8res24 Jul 2015 22:38 UTC
42 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2015 Sum­mer Fundraiser!

So8res19 Aug 2015 0:27 UTC
64 points
44 comments5 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2015 Win­ter Fundraiser!

So8res9 Dec 2015 19:00 UTC
43 points
23 comments7 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2016 Fundraiser

So8res25 Sep 2016 16:55 UTC
34 points
13 comments6 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser

Malo1 Dec 2017 13:45 UTC
19 points
4 comments13 min readLW link

MIRI’s 2017 Fundraiser

Malo7 Dec 2017 21:47 UTC
27 points
5 comments13 min readLW link

I Vouch For MIRI

Zvi17 Dec 2017 17:50 UTC
38 points
9 comments5 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Fund­ing for AI al­ign­ment research

paulfchristiano3 Mar 2018 21:52 UTC
39 points
24 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

Rais­ing funds to es­tab­lish a new AI Safety charity

null17 Mar 2018 0:09 UTC
57 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Op­por­tu­ni­ties for in­di­vi­d­ual donors in AI safety

Alex Flint31 Mar 2018 18:37 UTC
30 points
3 comments11 min readLW link

Thoughts on the REACH Patreon

Raemon30 Apr 2018 20:51 UTC
36 points
21 comments20 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the Longevity Re­search Institute

sarahconstantin8 May 2018 3:30 UTC
54 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Last Chance to Fund the Berkeley REACH

decodyng27 Jun 2018 21:38 UTC
110 points
52 comments4 min readLW link

Ap­ply for Emer­gent Ventures

Zvi13 Sep 2018 21:50 UTC
40 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Berkeley REACH Sup­port­ers Up­date: Septem­ber 2018

stardust16 Sep 2018 23:56 UTC
58 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

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

habryka21 Nov 2018 3:39 UTC
37 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing the Longevity Re­search Institute

sarahconstantin14 Dec 2018 20:20 UTC
79 points
11 comments1 min readLW link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

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

habryka17 Jan 2019 20:27 UTC
24 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

EA grants available (to in­di­vi­d­u­als)

Jameson Quinn7 Feb 2019 15:17 UTC
34 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Ma­jor Dona­tion: Long Term Fu­ture Fund Ap­pli­ca­tion Ex­tended 1 Week

habryka16 Feb 2019 23:30 UTC
42 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Case for The EA Hotel

Matt Goldenberg31 Mar 2019 12:31 UTC
57 points
26 comments10 min readLW link

Long Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2019 grant decisions

habryka8 Apr 2019 2:05 UTC
53 points
0 comments46 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Long Term Fu­ture Fund ap­pli­ca­tions open un­til June 28th

habryka10 Jun 2019 20:39 UTC
30 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

First ap­pli­ca­tion round of the EAF Fund

JesseClifton8 Jul 2019 0:20 UTC
20 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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

habryka9 Sep 2019 4:12 UTC
27 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

johnswentworth1 Oct 2019 15:30 UTC
26 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Sur­vival and Flour­ish­ing Fund Ap­pli­ca­tions clos­ing in 3 days

habryka2 Oct 2019 0:12 UTC
19 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: Au­gust 2019 grant recommendations

habryka3 Oct 2019 20:41 UTC
35 points
0 comments63 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

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

habryka10 Oct 2019 0:44 UTC
26 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(docs.google.com)

MIRI’s 2019 Fundraiser

Malo3 Dec 2019 1:16 UTC
55 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

CFAR’s 2019 Fundraiser

Timothy Telleen-Lawton30 Dec 2019 0:03 UTC
32 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

habryka28 Jan 2020 23:36 UTC
18 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

jasoncrawford13 Mar 2020 15:46 UTC
21 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

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

Ap­ply to Effec­tive Altru­ism Funds now

Jonas V13 Feb 2021 13:36 UTC
26 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Funds are available to sup­port LessWrong groups, among others

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

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

Beth Barnes31 Aug 2021 23:28 UTC
105 points
11 comments5 min readLW link

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

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

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

Evan R. Murphy19 Jan 2022 22:47 UTC
23 points
8 comments3 min readLW link

Long Term Char­i­ties: Ap­ply for SFF Funding

Zvi25 Jan 2022 17:00 UTC
62 points
0 comments23 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Be­ing an in­di­vi­d­ual al­ign­ment grantmaker

A_donor28 Feb 2022 20:02 UTC
64 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Some (po­ten­tially) fund­able AI Safety Ideas

Logan Riggs16 Mar 2022 12:48 UTC
21 points
5 comments5 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing the Clearer Think­ing Re­grants program

spencerg17 Jun 2022 13:14 UTC
36 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

Im­pact Shares For Spec­u­la­tive Projects

Elizabeth5 Sep 2022 18:00 UTC
30 points
8 comments7 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

Con­sider Ap­ply­ing to the Fu­ture Fel­low­ship at MIT

jefftk25 Oct 2022 15:40 UTC
29 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

AI Safety Micro­grant Round

Chris_Leong14 Nov 2022 4:25 UTC
22 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

In­tro­duc­ing Leap Labs, an AI in­ter­pretabil­ity startup

Jessica Rumbelow6 Mar 2023 16:16 UTC
99 points
11 comments1 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_shape16 Mar 2023 11:54 UTC
5 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

12 Apr 2023 21:23 UTC
65 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

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

Dawn Drescher17 May 2023 16:51 UTC
26 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Launch­ing Light­speed Grants (Ap­ply by July 6th)

habryka7 Jun 2023 2:53 UTC
211 points
41 comments5 min readLW link

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

Phosphorous13 Jun 2023 4:45 UTC
37 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(cset.georgetown.edu)

Light­cone In­fras­truc­ture/​LessWrong is look­ing for funding

habryka14 Jun 2023 4:45 UTC
202 points
38 comments1 min readLW link

An­nounc­ing Man­i­fund Regrants

Austin Chen5 Jul 2023 19:42 UTC
74 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

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

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

Align­ment Grant­mak­ing is Fund­ing-Limited Right Now

johnswentworth19 Jul 2023 16:49 UTC
307 points
67 comments1 min readLW link

Long-Term Fu­ture Fund: April 2023 grant recommendations

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

An­nounc­ing the Clearer Think­ing micro-grants pro­gram for 2023

spencerg7 Aug 2023 15:21 UTC
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.clearerthinking.org)

A plea for more fund­ing short­fall transparency

porby7 Aug 2023 21:33 UTC
73 points
4 comments2 min readLW link

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

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

An­nounc­ing Fore­sight In­sti­tute’s AI Safety Grants Program

Allison Duettmann17 Aug 2023 17:34 UTC
35 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

LTFF and EAIF are un­usu­ally fund­ing-con­strained right now

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

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

31 Aug 2023 0:28 UTC
33 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Science to Be Done In­ter­na­tion­ally Us­ing Blockchain

Victor Porton7 Sep 2023 23:29 UTC
−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 Jin25 Sep 2023 18:42 UTC
3 points
2 comments2 min readLW link

Be­come a PIBBSS Re­search Affiliate

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

AI Safety Hub Ser­bia Offi­cial Opening

28 Oct 2023 17:03 UTC
51 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

AI Ex­is­ten­tial Safety Fellowships

mmfli28 Oct 2023 18:07 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

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

Dawn Drescher28 Oct 2023 19:56 UTC
33 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

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

4 Dec 2023 18:10 UTC
28 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

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

Dawn Drescher7 Dec 2023 9:23 UTC
4 points
10 comments1 min readLW link
(impactmarkets.substack.com)

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

rogersbacon22 Jan 2024 20:13 UTC
15 points
0 comments8 min readLW link
(www.theseedsofscience.pub)

Failed promises and dis­re­spect from the EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund

Igor Ivanov8 Mar 2024 15:15 UTC
41 points
10 comments3 min readLW link

$250K in Prizes: SafeBench Com­pe­ti­tion An­nounce­ment

ozhang3 Apr 2024 22:07 UTC
24 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
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