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Provides various forms of support to researchers working on existential risk issues (administrative, expert consultations, technical support)

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$15K
Funder
Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF)wiki
Recipient
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Program
Long-Term Future Fund Grant Rounds
Date
Jan 2017
Data source
EA Funds
Source
funds.effectivealtruism.org↗
Notes

[Long-Term Future Fund] Provides various forms of support to researchers working on existential risk issues (administrative, expert consultations, technical support)

Other Grants by Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF)

544
GrantRecipientAmountDate
6-month salary to translate AGI safety-related texts, e.g. LessWrong and AI Alignment Forum, into RussianMaksim Vymenets$13KJan 2022
Working on long-term macrostrategy and AI Alignment, and up-skilling and career transition towards that goalTushant Jha$40KJan 2020
Characterizing the properties and constraints of complex systems and their external interactions to inform AI safety researchAlexander Siegenfeld$20KJul 2019
6-month salary to write a book on philosophy + history of longtermist thinking, while longer-term funding is arrangedThomas Moynihan$28KOct 2021
12-month salary for researching value learningCharlie Steiner$50KJan 2022
Conducting a computational study on using a light-to-vibrations mechanism as a targeted antiviral.Gavin Taylor$30KJul 2020
Support Sam's participation in ‘Mid-term AI impacts’ research projectSam Clarke$4.5KOct 2020
PhD at CambridgeRichard Ngo$150KJul 2020
Funding a nordic conference for senior X-risk researchers and junior talents interested in entering the fieldEffektiv Altruism Sverige (EA Sweden)$4.6KOct 2021
Funding for a degree in the Biological Sciences at UCSD (University of California San Diego)Kristaps Zilgalvis$250KOct 2021
Showing 10 of 544 grants

Other Grants to Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

46
GrantRecipientAmountDate
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS Program (2022)Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative$1MApr 2022
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MineRL BASALT CompetitionBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$70KJul 2021
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Sculpting Evolution CollaborationBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$452KNov 2021
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — AI Risk Management Frameworks (2024)Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative$713KFeb 2024
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — University Collaboration ProgramBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$70KOct 2023
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MATS (November 2023)Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative$2.6MNov 2023
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Scalable Oversight DatasetBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$70KSep 2023
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS ProgramBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$195KNov 2021
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — Oxford Martin AI Governance InitiativeBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$35KOct 2024
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — InterACT LabBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative$59KJan 2025
Showing 10 of 46 grants
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