Makes sense, thank you! Maybe my follow-up questions would be: How confident would they need to be that they’d use the experience to work on biorisk vs. global health before applying to the LTFF? And if they were, say, 75:25 between the two, would EAIF become the right choice—or what ratio would bring this grant into EAIF territory?
I think this is pretty unclear; I think we’d mostly be looking for people who are using EA principles to guide their career decision-making (scope sensitivity, impartiality etc.) as opposed to thinking primarily about future cause areas. I agree it’s fuzzy, though I don’t want to share concrete criteria. I am excited about here out of worries of goodharting.
Ultimately, we can transfer apps between funds, so it’s not a huge deal. I think at 75:25 should probably apply to EAIF (my very off-the-cuff view).
Thanks for your comment. I’m not able to respond to the whole comment right now but I think the bio career grant is squarely in the scope of the LTFF.
Makes sense, thank you! Maybe my follow-up questions would be: How confident would they need to be that they’d use the experience to work on biorisk vs. global health before applying to the LTFF? And if they were, say, 75:25 between the two, would EAIF become the right choice—or what ratio would bring this grant into EAIF territory?
I think this is pretty unclear; I think we’d mostly be looking for people who are using EA principles to guide their career decision-making (scope sensitivity, impartiality etc.) as opposed to thinking primarily about future cause areas. I agree it’s fuzzy, though I don’t want to share concrete criteria. I am excited about here out of worries of goodharting.
Ultimately, we can transfer apps between funds, so it’s not a huge deal. I think at 75:25 should probably apply to EAIF (my very off-the-cuff view).