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Open Philanthropy: Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities Fund — 80,000 Hours General Support 2018
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This is Open Philanthropy's Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities fund page, relevant to AI safety as it funds field-building, research, and career development for those working to reduce GCRs including advanced AI risks.
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Summary
This page describes Open Philanthropy's (now Coefficient's) Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities fund, which supports cross-cutting work on reducing global catastrophic risks outside their dedicated AI and biosecurity funds. The fund focuses on academic research, field-building, and career development for those working on GCRs. It complements their Navigating Transformative AI and Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness funds.
Key Points
- •Funds cross-cutting and foundational work on global catastrophic risks, including AI and bioengineering threats.
- •Supports field-building, coordination, and community support including effective altruism networks directing talent toward GCR mitigation.
- •Provides career development and transition funding for students and professionals entering GCR-reduction work.
- •Has made 250+ grants totaling $400+ million in this space.
- •Complements dedicated AI (Navigating Transformative AI) and biosecurity funds with broader ecosystem support.
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Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities
We support work on reducing global catastrophic risks that falls outside our dedicated AI and biosecurity funds.
250+
grants made
$400+
million given
Contents
About the Fund
Funding Opportunities
Featured Grants
About the Fund
Team
Eli Rose
Program Director, Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building
Partners
Good Ventures
Interested in providing funding within this space? Reach out to partnerwithus@coefficientgiving.org .
A global catastrophic risk (GCR) is one that could cause severe or even irreversible harm to humans on a global scale, like a pandemic that collapses the world economy. And as technology advances, new GCRs could emerge from fields like advanced AI or bioengineering; we primarily focus on these two areas.
Despite the stakes, relatively few people research GCRs or work full-time to prevent them, and the work receives relatively little philanthropic and institutional funding.
Coefficient’s work on global catastrophic risks largely falls under two other funds: Navigating Transformative AI and Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness . This fund complements those efforts by supporting cross-cutting and foundational work, including projects that strengthen the broader ecosystem of people and organizations addressing global catastrophic risks.
Our grantmaking is focused on:
Academic research and research fellowships to deepen understanding of these issues and of potential interventions.
Field-building, coordination, and community support, including projects that strengthen the effective altruism movement and other networks directing talent and resources toward mitigating GCRs.
Career development and transition support for students and professionals seeking to work on reducing GCRs.
Funding Opportunities
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Request for Proposals
Funding for Programs and Events
This funding supports programs and events in a variety of areas related to global catastrophic risks, including scholarship or fellowship programs, internships, residencies, visitor programs, courses, seminars, conferences, workshops, and retreats.
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Request for Proposals
Career Development and Transition Funding
This program provides support — in the form of funding for graduate study, unpaid internships, independent study, career transition and exploration periods, and other activities — for individuals at any career stage who want to pursue careers that could help to reduce global catastrophic risks or otherwise improve the long-term future.
Learn more and apply
Request for Proposals
General Application
If you’re seeking funding
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