This post was written by Kieran Greig, Lewis Bollard, Alexandria Beck, and Karolina Sarek.
The EA Animal Welfare Fund aims to effectively improve the well-being of nonhuman animals.
This Request for proposal (RFP) aims to solicit applications for the July 2020 funding round that its fund managers feel particularly excited about. Listed below are areas and subareas of particular interest to the fund managers. Proposals that don’t address these will also be considered but, all else equal, are less likely to receive funding. Proposals need not address all areas or subareas below and can focus on just one or more.
Area: Farmed animal or plant-based advocacy in Asian or populous low and middle-income countries. Subareas of particular interest:
Activities in China
Activities in Southeast Asian countries
Cage-free campaigns
Small groups (budget < US$500k) in countries with little or no organized advocacy
Activities explicitly targeting improving skills and knowledge bottlenecks for effective work in those countries
Area: Research or efforts to improve the focus and efficacy of farmed animal or plant-based advocacy. Subareas of particular interest:
New initiatives or organizations with experienced staff
Research to assess and improve advocacy approaches used by large groups
Efforts clearly targeting a specific and acknowledged bottleneck of groups
Evaluation of large-scale interventions, especially those not currently prioritized by large groups
Area: Work to support the alternative protein ecosystem. Subareas of particular interest:
Novel work to support plant-based alternatives with an emphasis on gathering shareable information regarding the outcomes of these efforts
Proofs of concept or pilots of new interventions that could be significantly scaled up
Work growing the market for alternative protein in Asia or populous low and middle-income countries with high consumption of animal products
Area: Efforts that aim to improve the welfare of neglected farmed animals such as fish, or invertebrates, especially shrimp and prawns. Subareas of particular interest:
Research to better understand possible approaches to improve the welfare of crustaceans
Improving or introducing new legislation for farmed fish and crustaceans
Area: Research on wild animal welfare. Subareas of particular interest:
Outreach to academics to interest them in welfare biology and gathering shareable information about the outcomes of those efforts
Research evaluating non-controversial ways of improving wild animal welfare
Scoping reports on potential large-scale ways to improve wild animal welfare, such as possible policy changes or novel applications of technology
Proposals must be submitted on or before June 15, 2020. Funding decisions are planned for approximately one month later.
Request for proposal—EA Animal Welfare Fund
This post was written by Kieran Greig, Lewis Bollard, Alexandria Beck, and Karolina Sarek.
The EA Animal Welfare Fund aims to effectively improve the well-being of nonhuman animals.
This Request for proposal (RFP) aims to solicit applications for the July 2020 funding round that its fund managers feel particularly excited about. Listed below are areas and subareas of particular interest to the fund managers. Proposals that don’t address these will also be considered but, all else equal, are less likely to receive funding. Proposals need not address all areas or subareas below and can focus on just one or more.
Area: Farmed animal or plant-based advocacy in Asian or populous low and middle-income countries. Subareas of particular interest:
Activities in China
Activities in Southeast Asian countries
Cage-free campaigns
Small groups (budget < US$500k) in countries with little or no organized advocacy
Activities explicitly targeting improving skills and knowledge bottlenecks for effective work in those countries
Area: Research or efforts to improve the focus and efficacy of farmed animal or plant-based advocacy. Subareas of particular interest:
New initiatives or organizations with experienced staff
Research to assess and improve advocacy approaches used by large groups
Efforts clearly targeting a specific and acknowledged bottleneck of groups
Evaluation of large-scale interventions, especially those not currently prioritized by large groups
Area: Work to support the alternative protein ecosystem. Subareas of particular interest:
Novel work to support plant-based alternatives with an emphasis on gathering shareable information regarding the outcomes of these efforts
Proofs of concept or pilots of new interventions that could be significantly scaled up
Work growing the market for alternative protein in Asia or populous low and middle-income countries with high consumption of animal products
Area: Efforts that aim to improve the welfare of neglected farmed animals such as fish, or invertebrates, especially shrimp and prawns. Subareas of particular interest:
Research to better understand possible approaches to improve the welfare of crustaceans
Improving or introducing new legislation for farmed fish and crustaceans
Area: Research on wild animal welfare. Subareas of particular interest:
Outreach to academics to interest them in welfare biology and gathering shareable information about the outcomes of those efforts
Research evaluating non-controversial ways of improving wild animal welfare
Scoping reports on potential large-scale ways to improve wild animal welfare, such as possible policy changes or novel applications of technology
Proposals must be submitted on or before June 15, 2020. Funding decisions are planned for approximately one month later.
Please review some further information here prior to submitting a proposal here.