To be specific, talented EAs and other entrepreneurs are specifically recruited and incubated to create orgs to execute these ideas. In the past, these people included those with postgraduate degrees, significant work and startup experience (and also willing to work over 50 hours a week under significant uncertainty). They are given seed funding at 6 figures, and larger amounts are possible after a promising pilot suggests impact.
This implementation of research ideas described above is not merely an idea, wish or dream—in the last 60 days, there have been teams created to implement animal welfare interventions for underserved animal populations.
Again, just to emphasize and be concrete, it’s possible that starting from now, from zero, you can research an underserved animal population, find a promising way to help them, and this can be implemented in as little as 12-24 months—an actual organization with founders, staff and working to improve the lives of the underserved animals.
It’s hard not to be in awe. This “pipeline” for research to create an org is incredible. It’s hard to think of any other place where anything like this pipeline exists in academic research, non-profits or other communities.
This is fantastic! It seems like these are really important potential research areas.
Also, if you’re a researcher who wants to help animals, I want to point out something that is not flagged and seems extraordinary:
Your research can be directly implemented by creating a new EA org, and this could happen in as little as 12-24 months.
This is through the Charity Entrepreneurship org (and others too).
To be specific, talented EAs and other entrepreneurs are specifically recruited and incubated to create orgs to execute these ideas. In the past, these people included those with postgraduate degrees, significant work and startup experience (and also willing to work over 50 hours a week under significant uncertainty). They are given seed funding at 6 figures, and larger amounts are possible after a promising pilot suggests impact.
This implementation of research ideas described above is not merely an idea, wish or dream—in the last 60 days, there have been teams created to implement animal welfare interventions for underserved animal populations.
Again, just to emphasize and be concrete, it’s possible that starting from now, from zero, you can research an underserved animal population, find a promising way to help them, and this can be implemented in as little as 12-24 months—an actual organization with founders, staff and working to improve the lives of the underserved animals.
It’s hard not to be in awe. This “pipeline” for research to create an org is incredible. It’s hard to think of any other place where anything like this pipeline exists in academic research, non-profits or other communities.