University in Chicago whose Existential Risk Laboratory (XLab) runs research fellowships in AI safety and nuclear security, supported by funders including Coefficient Giving, the Future of Life Institute and the Survival and Flourishing Fund.
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Received $2.5M from 5 funders
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Checked 25 Oct 2026
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6 grants totalling $2.5M, newest first.
2026 2 grants · $1.2M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Feb 2026 | The Alignment Project | ~$590k | Alignment Project round 1 (lead: Individual #3276): Hyperstition in LLMs: how narratives become model policies, their persistence after removal, and tamper-evident tripwires. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source |
| 19 Feb 2026 | The Alignment Project | ~$590k | Alignment Project round 1 (lead: Kondor, Risi): Probabilistic Agentic Foundations for Mesa-Optimization and Emergent Misalignment. Amount undisclosed; awards £50k–£1M from a £27m pool across 60 announced projects. source |
2024 1 grant · $151k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2024 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | ~$151k | University of Chicago — Existential Risk Laboratory Fellowship Program (2024) [AI-safety share est. 50% of $301,800 (range 35–65%): XLab's fellowship 'focuses on AI strategy, security, and governance, and nuclear weapon security', with AI and nuclear its two primary risk areas; a source |
2023 2 grants · $450k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Navigating Transformative AI | $250k | University of Chicago — Research on Complementary AI — Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $250,000 to the University of Chicago to support research, led by Professor Chenhao Tan, on how to train AI systems to complement human efforts. This falls... [Navigating Transformativ source |
| 2023 | MacArthur Foundation | $200k | Data Science Institute: Responsible ML and the Social Impact of AI (1 year 8 months) — MacArthur Technology in the Public Interest, grantee page source |
2022 1 grant · $749k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2022 | Coefficient Giving | $749k | Counterfactual feedback for AI systems — paid by Good Ventures Foundation on Open Philanthropy's advice, fiscal year Jul 2021–Jun 2022 (990-PF Part XIV 3a; payment in that year, not the grant total) source |