I also think it’s important to notice that the LTFF page only lists “policy research” and “advocacy”, and doesn’t explicitly list “policy advocacy” or “policy work” more broadly
The page says the LTFF is looking to fund projects on “reducing existential risks through technical research, policy analysis, advocacy, and/or demonstration projects” which a casual reader could take to include policy advocacy. If the aim of the page is to avoid giving the impression that policy advocacy is something the LTFF actively looks to fund then I think it could do a better job.
I don’t think we currently actively solicit a lot of policy work for the LTFF,
Maybe this has stopped now. Last posts I saw was Dec 2021 from an EA Funds staff who has now left (here). Posts said things like: “we’d be excited to consider grants related to policy and politics. We fund all kinds of projects” (here). It is plausible to me that things like that were giving people the wrong impressions and the LTFFs willingness to fund certain projects.
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I don’t think we should take it as a given! I view figuring out questions like this as most of our job, …
Fair enough. That seems like a reasonable approach too and I hope it is going well and you are learning a lot!!
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Sorry! Seems like this is just me communicating badly
No worries. Sorry too for any ways I have misrepresented our past interactions. Keep being wonderful <3
The page says the LTFF is looking to fund projects on “reducing existential risks through technical research, policy analysis, advocacy, and/or demonstration projects” which a casual reader could take to include policy advocacy. If the aim of the page is to avoid giving the impression that policy advocacy is something the LTFF actively looks to fund then I think it could do a better job.
Maybe this has stopped now. Last posts I saw was Dec 2021 from an EA Funds staff who has now left (here). Posts said things like: “we’d be excited to consider grants related to policy and politics. We fund all kinds of projects” (here). It is plausible to me that things like that were giving people the wrong impressions and the LTFFs willingness to fund certain projects.
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Fair enough. That seems like a reasonable approach too and I hope it is going well and you are learning a lot!!
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No worries. Sorry too for any ways I have misrepresented our past interactions. Keep being wonderful <3