“Effective Altruism Grants was a program run by the Centre for Effective Altruism from 2017 to 2020.”In its own words: effectivealtruism.org
A Centre for Effective Altruism grants programme (2017 to 2020) that made mostly small grants to individuals for EA projects, some of them AI safety work. It has ended, and EA Funds is named as its successor.
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A Centre for Effective Altruism programme, now ended, that funded individuals' EA projects. In 2017 grants associates screened applications, scored the rest against a rubric on track record, values and plans, and interviewed shortlisted candidates before deciding. EA Funds is the successor.
Says it gives about $370k (2017)
Itemised here $79k in 4 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
- Not stated
Closed; see EA Funds.
Biggest recipients
- Amanda Askell$38k
- Katja Grace (AI Impacts)$25k
- Individual #3136$8k
- Zac Kenton (Mila)$8k
All grants
4 grants totalling $79k, newest first. Recipients link to their own pages; people who received grants without a public profile are shown by number.
2017 4 grants · $79k
| Date | Recipient | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2017 | Amanda Askell | $38k | Monograph on AI ethics and risks, co-written with Hilary Greaves (Awarded as GBP 28,630; USD converted 2017-09-29 (Bloomberg rate) per donations.vipulnaik.com transcription of CEA's spreadsheet (sheet itself not directly retrievable)) source |
| 29 Sep 2017 | Katja Grace (AI Impacts) | $25k | AI forecasting research; funding a part-time employee at AI Impacts (Awarded as GBP 18,385; USD converted 2017-09-29 (Bloomberg rate) per donations.vipulnaik.com transcription of CEA's spreadsheet (sheet itself not directly retrievable)) source |
| 29 Sep 2017 | Individual #3136 | $8k | Self-study in machine learning to prepare for AI safety work (Awarded as GBP 6,180; USD converted 2017-09-29 (Bloomberg rate) per donations.vipulnaik.com transcription of CEA's spreadsheet (sheet itself not directly retrievable)) |
| 29 Sep 2017 | Zac Kenton (Mila) | $8k | Initial machine learning / AI safety research and publication (Awarded as GBP 5,710; USD converted 2017-09-29 (Bloomberg rate) per donations.vipulnaik.com transcription of CEA's spreadsheet (sheet itself not directly retrievable)) source |