Showing grants tagged "Global Catastrophic Risks"

We’re open to supporting safe bets, like direct cash transfers to the world’s poorest people, as well as high-risk, high-reward projects, like minimizing risks from potentially world-changing science and technology. Read more about how we choose what to fund here.

  1. UC Berkeley — AI safety research (2018)

    Award Date:
    11/2018
    Amount:
    $1,145,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  2. Center for a New American Security — Outreach on Technological Risk

    Award Date:
    09/2018
    Amount:
    $400,352
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  3. GoalsRL — Workshop on Goal Specifications for Reinforcement Learning

    Award Date:
    08/2018
    Amount:
    $7,500
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  4. Future of Humanity Institute — Work on Global Catastrophic Risks

    Award Date:
    07/2018
    Amount:
    $12,066,809
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  5. Stanford University — Machine Learning Security Research

    Award Date:
    07/2018
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  6. Wilson Center — AI Policy Seminar Series (2018)

    Award Date:
    07/2018
    Amount:
    $400,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  7. Nuclear Threat Initiative — Global Health Security Index

    Award Date:
    07/2018
    Amount:
    $3,556,773
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  8. University of Oxford — Research on the Global Politics of AI

    Award Date:
    07/2018
    Amount:
    $429,770
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  9. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security — SynBioBeta 2018 Meeting

    Award Date:
    06/2018
    Amount:
    $127,600
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness
  10. Future of Life Institute — General Support (2018)

    Award Date:
    06/2018
    Amount:
    $250,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks