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Global catastrophic risks

12 proposals
30 active projects
$1.24M
Grants130Impact certificates8

Proposals

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Centre pour la Sécurité de l'IA

Scaling AI safety awareness via content creators

4M+ views on AI safety: Help us replicate and scale this success with more creators

Technical AI safetyAI governanceGlobal catastrophic risks
11
10
$21.3K/$36K
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Center for AI Policy

Support CAIP’s 3-month project on reducing chem-bio AI risk

AI governanceBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
7
0
$100/$400K

Active Projects

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Oliver Habryka

Lightcone Infrastructure

Funding for LessWrong.com, the AI Alignment Forum, Lighthaven and other Lightcone Projects

Science & technologyTechnical AI safetyAI governanceEA Community ChoiceEA communityForecastingGlobal catastrophic risks
36
29
$82K
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ampdot

Act I: Exploring emergent behavior from multi-AI, multi-human interaction

Community exploring and predicting potential risks and opportunities arising from a future that involves many independently controlled AI systems

Technical AI safetyEA Community ChoiceForecastingGlobal catastrophic risks
26
98
$67.8K
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Ryan Kidd

MATS Program

Help us support more research scholars!

Technical AI safetyAI governanceEA Community ChoiceLong-Term Future FundGlobal catastrophic risks
23
20
$290K
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Greg Colbourn

CEEALAR

Centre hosting EAs’ research projects/EAs’ upskilling for ~1/3 of the average cost of funding such projects remotely

EA Community ChoiceEA communityEA Infrastructure FundGlobal catastrophic risks
19
21
$3.18K
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Nuño Sempere

Fund Sentinel for Q1-2025

A foresight and emergency response team seeking to react fast to calamities

BiosecurityForecastingGlobal catastrophic risks
15
19
$40.3K
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Connor Axiotes

'Making God': a Documentary on AI Risks for the Public

Filming a feature-length documentary on risks from AI for a non-technical audience on streaming services

Science & technologyTechnical AI safetyAI governanceGlobal catastrophic risks
14
30
$204K
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Tsvi Benson-Tilsen

human intelligence amplification @ Berkeley Genomics Project

accelerating strong human germline genomic engineering to make lots of geniuses

Science & technologyBiomedicalGlobal catastrophic risks
13
15
$17.9K
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PIBBSS

PIBBSS - General Programs funding or specific funding

Fund unique approaches to research, field diversification, and scouting of novel ideas by experienced researchers supported by PIBBSS research team

Science & technologyTechnical AI safetyAI governanceGlobal catastrophic risks
13
7
$26K
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Jørgen Ljønes

80,000 Hours

We provide research and support to help people move into careers that effectively tackle the world’s most pressing problems.

Technical AI safetyAI governanceBiosecurityEA Community ChoiceEA communityGlobal catastrophic risks
12
13
$4.92K
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Apart Research

Help Apart Expand Global AI Safety Research

Incubate AI safety research and develop the next generation of global AI safety talent via research sprints and research fellowships

Science & technologyTechnical AI safetyAI governanceEA communityGlobal catastrophic risks
8
12
$17.7K
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Nuño Sempere

Make ALERT happen

ALERT := Active Longtermist Emergency Response Team

Science & technologyForecastingGlobal catastrophic risks
8
8
$18.5K
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Yuanyuan Sun

AI Governance Exchange (focus on China, AI safety), Seed Funding

Building bridges between Western and Chinese AI governance efforts to address global AI safety challenges.

Technical AI safetyAI governanceGlobal catastrophic risks
6
3
$12.4K

Complete Projects

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PauseAI US

PauseAI US 2025 through Q2

SFF main round did us dirty!

AI governanceGlobal catastrophic risks
14
23
$100K
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Grace Braithwaite

Preventing Worst Case Pandemics Symposium @ Cambridge

A Cambridge Biosecurity Hub and Cambridge Infectious Diseases Symposium on Avoiding Worst-Case Scenarios

BiomedicalBiosecurityGlobal catastrophic risks
8
13
$4.1K

Unfunded Projects

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Centre pour la Sécurité de l'IA

AI Safety Atlas

Distilling AI safety research into a complete learning ecosystem: textbook, courses, guides, videos, and more.

Technical AI safetyAI governanceGlobal catastrophic risks
15
14
$0
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Siao Si Looi

Building and maintaining the Alignment Ecosystem

12 months funding for 3 people to work full-time on projects supporting AI safety efforts

Technical AI safetyAI governanceEA communityGlobal catastrophic risks
8
2
$0
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Orpheus Lummis

Horizon Events 2025

Non-profit facilitating progress in AI safety R&D through events

Technical AI safetyGlobal catastrophic risks
7
6
$0
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Camille Berger

Effective Disagreements

A workshop and software to learn how to effectively handle disagreements.

Animal welfareEA communityGlobal catastrophic risks
7
3
$0