Showing grants tagged "Global Catastrophic Risks"

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  1. CHS — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)

    Award Date:
    09/2019
    Amount:
    $19,500,000
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  2. CHS — Biosecurity, Global Health Security, Global Catastrophic Risks (2019)

    Award Date:
    09/2019
    Amount:
    $19,862,755
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  3. Metaculus — AI Forecasting Tournament

    Award Date:
    07/2019
    Amount:
    $100,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  4. Penn State University — Emergency Food Research (Charles Anderson)

    Award Date:
    06/2019
    Amount:
    $109,063
    Scientific Research

  5. Global Catastrophic Risks Scholarships — Scholarship Support (2019)

    Award Date:
    05/2019
    Amount:
    $437,800
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  6. Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2019 Class

    Award Date:
    05/2019
    Amount:
    $2,325,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  7. Altruistic Technology Labs — Work on Biological Risk Prevention

    Award Date:
    05/2019
    Amount:
    $440,525
    Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness

  8. MIT Media Lab — Kevin Esvelt’s Research (2019)

    Award Date:
    03/2019
    Amount:
    $1,000,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks

  9. Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General Support (2019)

    Award Date:
    02/2019
    Amount:
    $2,652,500
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI

  10. Georgetown University — Center for Security and Emerging Technology

    Award Date:
    01/2019
    Amount:
    $55,000,000
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI