“LSE, a world-leading social sciences university, is uniquely placed to help society navigate six major challenges the world is facing”In its own words: lse.ac.uk
UK public research university specialising in social sciences; funded under the Alignment Project for work on competition and mechanism design for AI control.
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Received $2.6M from 2 funders
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’26
Checked 25 Oct 2026
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2 grants totalling $2.6M, newest first.
2026 1 grant · $590k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb 2026 | The Alignment Project | ~$590k | Alignment Project round 1 (lead: Levy, Matthew): Competition and the AI Control Problem: Mechanism Design with Opaque Agents. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source |
2025 1 grant · $2M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | MacArthur Foundation | $2M | Launch a global forum on AI and the social sciences (2 years, 1 month) — MacArthur Technology in the Public Interest, grantee page source |