Off the top of my mind and without consulting people:
Justin Shovelain, Oliver Habryka, Malcolm Ocean, Roxanne Heston, Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg, Steve Rayhawk, Gustavo Rosa, Stephen Frey, Gustavo Bicalho, Steven Kaas, Bastien Stern, Anne Wissemann, and many others.
If they had not received FLI funding:
Kaj Sotala, Katja Grace.
If they needed to transition between institutions/countries:
Most of the core EA community.
I have mentioned it as an option for a while, but personally waited for less conflict of interest to actually post about it (at the moment I’m receiving much less funding than I did before, and am receiving some funding through institutions, I wanted to make clear that my goal is not to have people disliking institutions, but to fix the labor market).
I think the greater point here is that this has not been considered so far because people did not even envision it being an option. But now they will.
If this market can start taking off, encourage each of those persons you mentioned to post an outline of the research they’re pursuing on the Effective Altruism Forum or LessWrong or something. Then, potential funders have somewhere to browse and ask questions about the research proposal(s).
Yeah, let’s do it. If others are rearing to go, I’ll help edit or provide feedback or share links or do whatever I can. Between so many major foundations seeming poised to give more money than the rest of the community combined to all our current favored charities across causes, but them being unlikely to directly fund individuals’ research, now is an ideal time to plant in the minds of 4-to-6 figure-per-year donors new acceptable targets for their donations.
Off the top of my mind and without consulting people:
Justin Shovelain, Oliver Habryka, Malcolm Ocean, Roxanne Heston, Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg, Steve Rayhawk, Gustavo Rosa, Stephen Frey, Gustavo Bicalho, Steven Kaas, Bastien Stern, Anne Wissemann, and many others.
If they had not received FLI funding: Kaj Sotala, Katja Grace.
If they needed to transition between institutions/countries: Most of the core EA community.
I have mentioned it as an option for a while, but personally waited for less conflict of interest to actually post about it (at the moment I’m receiving much less funding than I did before, and am receiving some funding through institutions, I wanted to make clear that my goal is not to have people disliking institutions, but to fix the labor market).
I think the greater point here is that this has not been considered so far because people did not even envision it being an option. But now they will.
If this market can start taking off, encourage each of those persons you mentioned to post an outline of the research they’re pursuing on the Effective Altruism Forum or LessWrong or something. Then, potential funders have somewhere to browse and ask questions about the research proposal(s).
Do you want to do this soon? You can help us get it done.
Yeah, let’s do it. If others are rearing to go, I’ll help edit or provide feedback or share links or do whatever I can. Between so many major foundations seeming poised to give more money than the rest of the community combined to all our current favored charities across causes, but them being unlikely to directly fund individuals’ research, now is an ideal time to plant in the minds of 4-to-6 figure-per-year donors new acceptable targets for their donations.