FQXi has had some success with essay contests in the past. The most recent one appears to have had a prize pool of $20,000 and generated 155 submissions. If you have some unsolved EA-related questions, this might be a good way to buy progress on them.
I think Max Tegmark was involved in the FQXi contests, so you could probably ask him how they went and if he had any advice for similar EA-related ones.
As a general warning, Toby Ord has said in the past that it’s very easy to mess this up by making it disreputable. I don’t recall where the discussion took place or what his reasoning was, though. I don’t know the ins-and-outs of essay contests, but I want to heed his warning.
FQXi has had some success with essay contests in the past. The most recent one appears to have had a prize pool of $20,000 and generated 155 submissions. If you have some unsolved EA-related questions, this might be a good way to buy progress on them.
I think Max Tegmark was involved in the FQXi contests, so you could probably ask him how they went and if he had any advice for similar EA-related ones.
This is something I want to try when I can afford it in the future.
As a general warning, Toby Ord has said in the past that it’s very easy to mess this up by making it disreputable. I don’t recall where the discussion took place or what his reasoning was, though. I don’t know the ins-and-outs of essay contests, but I want to heed his warning.