As @MathiasKB🔸answered, sharing their analysis and decision-making process publicly would be very costly and it’s probably not worth it.
A potential middle ground could be to collaborate with external grant reviewers. They would provide valuable insights while avoiding the high costs associated with public disclosure. (the reviewers would sign NDAs)
External grant reviewers could bring diverse perspectives, help identify potential blind spots, and enhance the overall decision-making process.
Reviewers could include independent researchers, forecasters, academic scholars, non-profit executives, and other relevant experts.
(Open Philanthropy’s Grantmaking Process page doesn’t mention anything regarding external reviewers, but maybe they are already doing it informally)
I’m not an expert in academic peer review (and I know it has some issues), but I guess there are valuable insights from that process that could be applied to grantmaking.
Should Open Philanthropy have external grant reviewers?
Some months ago, @Vasco Grilo🔸 wrote “Should the main text of the write-ups of Open Philanthropy’s large grants be longer than 1 paragraph?”, asking for more reasoning transparency.
As @MathiasKB🔸 answered, sharing their analysis and decision-making process publicly would be very costly and it’s probably not worth it.
A potential middle ground could be to collaborate with external grant reviewers. They would provide valuable insights while avoiding the high costs associated with public disclosure. (the reviewers would sign NDAs)
External grant reviewers could bring diverse perspectives, help identify potential blind spots, and enhance the overall decision-making process.
Reviewers could include independent researchers, forecasters, academic scholars, non-profit executives, and other relevant experts.
(Open Philanthropy’s Grantmaking Process page doesn’t mention anything regarding external reviewers, but maybe they are already doing it informally)
I’m not an expert in academic peer review (and I know it has some issues), but I guess there are valuable insights from that process that could be applied to grantmaking.