Open Philanthropy’s PhD fellowship for machine learning researchers working on AI safety (2018–2022 classes). Each class is one grant here; the fellows themselves aren’t listed, so the money goes to unknown recipients.
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A PhD fellowship for full-time AI/ML students whose research aims to reduce global catastrophic risk from advanced AI. Fellows were chosen on academic excellence, technical knowledge and interest in risk-reducing research, from a research statement, a CV and up to three letters. It is now paused.
Typical grant $50k
Itemised here $8.6M in 5 grants
Money flows
Where its money came from and where it went. Pick years and what to show; hover a box or ribbon for details, click one to focus it, click the background to see everything.
How to apply
- Applications
- Closed
- Who can apply
- Individuals
Biggest recipients
- Unknown recipients$8.6M
All grants
5 grants totalling $8.6M, newest first. Recipients link to their own pages; people who received grants without a public profile are shown by number.
2022 1 grant · $1.8M
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2022 | Unknown recipients | $1.8M | Open Phil AI Fellowship: Grant to provide scholarship to eleven machine learning researchers over five years.. From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2021 1 grant · $1M
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2021 | Unknown recipients | $1M | Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2021 Class — https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000000/https://openphilanthropy.org/grants/open-phil-ai-fellowship-2021-class/ [Navigating Transformative AI; Coefficient Giving grants archive] source |
2020 1 grant · $2.3M
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Unknown recipients | $2.3M | Open Phil AI Fellowship: Grant to provide scholarship to ten machine learning researchers over five years. From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2019 1 grant · $2.3M
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Unknown recipients | $2.3M | Open Phil AI Fellowship: Grant to provide scholarship support to eight machine learning researchers over five years. From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2018 1 grant · $1.1M
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Unknown recipients | $1.1M | Open Phil AI Fellowship: Grant to provide scholarship support to seven machine learning researchers over five years. From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |