Oxford research centre studying existential risk, including advanced AI and synthetic pandemics, founded by Nick Bostrom in 2005; closed by the University of Oxford on 16 April 2024.
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23 grants totalling $21M, newest first.
2021 4 grants · $3.6M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2021 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $400k | Future of Humanity Institute — Administrative and Operational Support — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $400,000 to the Future of Humanity Institute (FHI), via Effective Ventures Foundation UK, to support their administrative and operational expenses. FHI is a... [Global source |
| Aug 2021 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $30k | Future of Humanity Institute — Economist Survey — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $30,000 to the Future of Humanity Institute to support work on an expert survey asking economists to predict the likelihood that global economic growth will... [Global Catastrophic Risks; C source |
| Apr 2021 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $3.1M | Future of Humanity Institute — Research Scholars Programs (2021) — Grant Investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. The Future of Humanity staff also reviewed this page prior to... [Global Catastrophi source |
| Jan 2021 | Long-Term Future Fund | $55k | EA Funds grants database (2021 Q1): 12-month salary to provide runway after finishing RSP source |
2020 4 grants · $2.8M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $1.6M | Future of Humanity Institute — Research Scholars Programme — Grant Investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. The Future of Humanity staff also reviewed this page prior to... [Global Catastrophic Risk source |
| Feb 2020 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $939k | Future of Humanity Institute — New DPhil Positions — Grant investigator: Committee for Effective Altruism Support This page was reviewed but not written by members of the committee. Future of Humanity Institute staff also reviewed this page prior to... [Global Catastrophic Risks source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $218k | SFF-2020-H2: General support; receiving charity University of Oxford; funded by SFF itself through the S-Process source |
| 2020 | Survival and Flourishing Fund | $30k | SFF-2020-H2: General support; receiving charity University of Oxford source |
2018 1 grant · $12M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2018 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | $12M | Grant to support work on risks from advanced artificial intelligence, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and macrostrategy. The grant page says: "The largest pieces of the omnibus award package will allow FHI to recruit and hire for.... From Vipul Naik's donations database (v source |
2017 1 grant · $2M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2017 | Navigating Transformative AI | $2M | Grant for general support. A related grant specifically for biosecurity work was granted in 2016-09, made earlier for logistical reasons. From Vipul Naik's donations database (via OpenBook) source |
2016 2 grants · $49k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2016 | Jaan Tallinn | $24k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 18,500; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 9 Mar 2016 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 17,600; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
2015 3 grants · $89k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Nov 2015 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 16,400; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 10 Jul 2015 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($25k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 16,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 31 Mar 2015 | Jaan Tallinn | $39k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy (£16k + $15k); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 26,140; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
2014 4 grants · $124k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Dec 2014 | Jaan Tallinn | $50k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($50000); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 32,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 9 Sep 2014 | Jaan Tallinn | $24k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 15,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 9 Jun 2014 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (via Solenum): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy ($5000); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 15,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 4 Mar 2014 | Jaan Tallinn | $25k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 15,000; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
2013 4 grants · $20k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 2013 | Jaan Tallinn | $5k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy (usd 5000); receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,060; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 4 Sep 2013 | Jaan Tallinn | $5k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,210; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 10 May 2013 | Jaan Tallinn | $5k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,250; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |
| 18 Feb 2013 | Jaan Tallinn | $5k | Jaan Tallinn gift (direct): Donation to Future of Humanity Institute, Faculty of Philosophy; receiving charity University of Oxford Development Trust (GBP 3,232; USD value as given by jaan.online) source |