Funding Opportunities

Note: This program, together with our separate program for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI, has replaced our 2021 request for proposals for outreach projects. If you have a project which was in-scope for that program but isn’t for either of these, you can apply to our team’s general application instead. This is a wide-ranging call for applications, seeking to fund programs and events in a variety of areas of interest to Coefficient Giving — including effective altruism, global catastrophic risks, biosecurity, AI for epistemics, forecasting, and other areas. In general, if the topic of your program or event falls within one of our GCR focus areas, or if it’s similar to work we’ve funded in the past in those areas, it may be a good fit for this program. If you’re unsure about whether to submit your application, we’d encourage you to err on the side of doing so. By “programs and events” we mean scholarship or fellowship programs, internships, residencies, visitor programs, courses, seminars, conferences, workshops, retreats, etc., including both in-person and online activities. We’re open to funding programs or events aimed at individuals at any career stage, and with a wide range of potential purposes, including teaching new skills, providing new career opportunities, offering mentorship, or facilitating networking. Examples of programs and events of this type we’ve funded before include: • Condor Camp, a summer program for Brazilian students interested in existential risk work. • The Future of Humanity Institute’s Research Scholars Program, which supported early-career researchers in global catastrophic risk. • Effective Altruism Global, a series of conferences for individuals interested in effective altruism. • Future Forum, a conference aimed at bringing together members of several communities interested in emerging technology and the future. • A workshop on using AI to improve epistemics, organized by academics from NYU, the Forecasting Research Institute, the AI Objectives Institute, and Metaculus.