We want to maximize the impact of our portfolio.

We’re open to supporting safe bets, like direct cash transfers to the world’s poorest people, as well as high-risk, high-reward projects, like minimizing risks from potentially world-changing science and technology. Read more about how we choose what to fund here.

  1. Boston University — Human Lung Model Systems

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $414,000
    Scientific Research
  2. Stanford University — Adversarial Robustness Research (Tsipras)

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $330,792
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  3. International Vaccine Institute — Schistosomiasis Vaccine Assessment

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $140,000
    Scientific Research
  4. UC Berkeley — Adversarial Robustness Research (Aditi Raghunathan)

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $87,829
    Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  5. Future of Humanity Institute — Economist Survey

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $30,000
    Longtermism
  6. University of Southern California — Adversarial Robustness Research

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $320,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  7. GW University — Innovation in National Security Fellowship

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $450,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  8. FAS — Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness Fellowship

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $480,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  9. CSET — Biosecurity Research Project

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $3,330,000
    Global Catastrophic Risks
  10. KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme — Malaria Vaccine Clinical Trial (Philip Bejon)

    Award Date:
    08/2021
    Amount:
    $472,016
    Scientific Research