Executive summary: The Long-Term Future Fund paid out $5.36 million in grants from May 2023 to March 2024, with an acceptance rate of 19.3%, to support a wide range of projects aimed at improving the long-term future, with a focus on technical AI safety research and field-building.
Key points:
Highlighted grants include funding for technical AI safety research, interpretability work, communications and outreach projects, and biosecurity research.
The fund’s bar for grants has been variable over the past year due to changes in available funding and is currently similar to early 2023 levels.
The fund has distanced itself from Open Philanthropy since August 2023 and is in the process of spinning out of Effective Ventures.
Fund managers have become more active in writing and public communications compared to previous years.
The post includes a full list of all grants made during the period, with some grants kept anonymous or with limited details at the request of grantees.
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Executive summary: The Long-Term Future Fund paid out $5.36 million in grants from May 2023 to March 2024, with an acceptance rate of 19.3%, to support a wide range of projects aimed at improving the long-term future, with a focus on technical AI safety research and field-building.
Key points:
Highlighted grants include funding for technical AI safety research, interpretability work, communications and outreach projects, and biosecurity research.
The fund’s bar for grants has been variable over the past year due to changes in available funding and is currently similar to early 2023 levels.
The fund has distanced itself from Open Philanthropy since August 2023 and is in the process of spinning out of Effective Ventures.
Fund managers have become more active in writing and public communications compared to previous years.
The post includes a full list of all grants made during the period, with some grants kept anonymous or with limited details at the request of grantees.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.