When I first learned about the diagnostics startup, my immediate thought was that some EA Fund would be interested in further evaluating it. Unfortunately neither Open Philanthropy, EA Funds, or FTX Community are currently accepting unsolicited proposals.
The primary reason I wrote this post was to get the attention of fund-managers, and hopefully get someone to figure out if this is impactful and fund it if it is.
The page linked in my comment states that they are not currently accepting unsolicited proposals, but I agree the FAQ makes it sound like they are open to being contacted. My guess is there probably isn’t a clear cut policy and that they just want to avoid setting an expectation that they will evaluate everything sent their way.
Thanks! I’m trying to understand the structure of the EA funds, isn’t “direct work” outside of the scope of the Infrastructure Fund?
> this Fund supports work that could multiply the impact of direct work, including projects that provide intellectual infrastructure for the effective altruism community, run events, disseminate information, or fundraise for effective charities
Have you funded “direct” global health interventions in the past?
I agree it is confusing but I prefer to just fund impactful things and worry less about what fits in the scope of the fund. And even if the other fund managers deem it out of scope, I frequently can refer it to other interested funders.
Interesting, thanks! Do you happen to have in mind a recent example of a non-infrastructure intervention that was funded directly or indirectly through the Infrastructure Fund?
The best example I have right now is that I funded a climate change research group but arguably research is still infrastructure… I’d like to fund some more direct stuff though
When I first learned about the diagnostics startup, my immediate thought was that some EA Fund would be interested in further evaluating it. Unfortunately neither Open Philanthropy, EA Funds, or FTX Community are currently accepting unsolicited proposals.
The primary reason I wrote this post was to get the attention of fund-managers, and hopefully get someone to figure out if this is impactful and fund it if it is.
Aren’t OpenPhil? https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/how-to-apply-for-funding#Can_I_apply_for_a_grant
They specify that they have low expectations for unsolicited proposals, but it’s possible to contact them about it.
The page linked in my comment states that they are not currently accepting unsolicited proposals, but I agree the FAQ makes it sound like they are open to being contacted. My guess is there probably isn’t a clear cut policy and that they just want to avoid setting an expectation that they will evaluate everything sent their way.
Will send them a message, thank you :)
EA Funds definitely accepts unsolicited proposals! That’s the whole point of it!
You would think so, but the Global Health and Development Fund is basically GiveWell seed grants
https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/global-development#faq
I don’t think there’s any Global Health fund that accepts proposals, maybe the closest thing is this Nonlinear ideas spreadsheet? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uNcKi5xjJinBzeiBv0SKVekoTCM6TLkd-GKA7HSjMEU/edit#gid=478371070
I’d be willing to fund these sorts of things via the Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund
Thanks!
I’m trying to understand the structure of the EA funds, isn’t “direct work” outside of the scope of the Infrastructure Fund?
> this Fund supports work that could multiply the impact of direct work, including projects that provide intellectual infrastructure for the effective altruism community, run events, disseminate information, or fundraise for effective charities
Have you funded “direct” global health interventions in the past?
I agree it is confusing but I prefer to just fund impactful things and worry less about what fits in the scope of the fund. And even if the other fund managers deem it out of scope, I frequently can refer it to other interested funders.
Interesting, thanks!
Do you happen to have in mind a recent example of a non-infrastructure intervention that was funded directly or indirectly through the Infrastructure Fund?
The best example I have right now is that I funded a climate change research group but arguably research is still infrastructure… I’d like to fund some more direct stuff though
They are currently explicitly writing on the page I linked that they are not.
If that is not the case, I’m not too happy with their communication!
EDIT: whoops, didn’t see Lorenzo’s comment