“we see another opportunity for our funding to accelerate highly impactful technical research”In its own words: openphilanthropy.org
Open Philanthropy (now Coefficient Giving) request for proposals that planned to spend about $40M on technical AI safety research across 21 research areas. Applications closed on 15 April 2025.
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Open Philanthropy's 2025 RFP for technical AI safety research across 21 areas, aimed at work on LLMs or insights that transfer to them. Applicants sent a 300-word expression of interest, which was reviewed on a rolling basis; those invited submitted full proposals, with small grants sometimes decided after a short call and larger ones discussed further.
Says it gives about $40M a year (2025)
On applying “We want the bar to be low for submitting expressions of interest: even if you're unsure whether your project fits perfectly, we encourage you to submit an EOI.” alignmentforum.org
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How to apply
- Applications
- Closed
No new round announced; founders directed to Project Tailwind - Who can apply
- Academics, Individuals, New organisations, Organisations
- Decision time
- EOI ~2 weeks; full proposal ~2 months