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3 Months Career Transition into AI Safety Research & Software Engineering

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Source Tablegrants
Source IDgPVDbOkq4h
Descriptionto Sean Peters, USD 32000, 2025-09-12
Source URLmanifund.org/projects/3-months-career-transition-into-ai-safety-research--software-engineering
ParentManifund
Children
CreatedMar 12, 2026, 4:59 PM
UpdatedMar 14, 2026, 6:22 AM
SyncedMar 12, 2026, 4:59 PM

Record Data

idgPVDbOkq4h
organizationIdManifund(organization)
granteeIdSean Peters
orgEntityIdManifund(organization)
orgDisplayName
granteeEntityId
granteeDisplayNameSean Peters
name3 Months Career Transition into AI Safety Research & Software Engineering
amount32000
currencyUSD
period
date2025-09-12
status
sourcemanifund.org/projects/3-months-career-transition-into-ai-safety-research--softwa…
notes[Technical AI safety] I'd like to explore a research agenda at the intersection of time horizon model evaluation and control protocols.
programId8jnn54YEbQ
dataSourceId

Source Check Verdicts

partial95% confidence

Last checked: 4/11/2026

The source confirms the grant name, amount ($32,000), and grantee (Sean Peters) precisely. However, the funder field in the record states 'Manifund' while the source shows the actual donor is 'Joel Becker' (an individual who fully funded the request on the Manifund platform). The date in the record is '2025-09-12', but the source indicates the start date is 'Nov 1' with no specific day-of-month mentioned for the grant creation/posting date. The archive timestamp is 2026-01-22, which is after the project start. The record appears to conflate the platform (Manifund) with the actual funder (Joel Becker). This is a partial confirmation because core facts match but the funder attribution is incomplete/inaccurate.

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