This is all very exciting and I’m glad to see this is happening.
A couple of comments.
The deadline for this is only three weeks, which seems quite tight.
Could you give examples of the types of things you wouldn’t fund or are very unlikely to fund?
That avoids you getting lots of applications you don’t want as well as people spending time submitting applications that will get rejected. For instance, would/could CEA provide seed funding for any for altruistic for profit organisations, like start-ups? Asking for a friend...
We have set a tight deadline in order to allow us to process applications before the start of the academic year, since we see funding for study as one of the main use cases. If the project is successful, we will set more generous deadlines in the future.
CEA may not be able to fund for-profit organisations, because we have to use money to further our charitable objects. However, we encourage applications from for-profits. We may then, with the applicant’s permission, share information about the projects with private donors who might provide funding. In general, there aren’t classes of projects that we won’t consider: we want to cast the net wide. However, if others are unsure, I recommend that they email eagrants@centreforeffectivealtruism.org to clarify on a case-by-case basis.
This is all very exciting and I’m glad to see this is happening.
A couple of comments.
The deadline for this is only three weeks, which seems quite tight.
Could you give examples of the types of things you wouldn’t fund or are very unlikely to fund? That avoids you getting lots of applications you don’t want as well as people spending time submitting applications that will get rejected. For instance, would/could CEA provide seed funding for any for altruistic for profit organisations, like start-ups? Asking for a friend...
We have set a tight deadline in order to allow us to process applications before the start of the academic year, since we see funding for study as one of the main use cases. If the project is successful, we will set more generous deadlines in the future.
CEA may not be able to fund for-profit organisations, because we have to use money to further our charitable objects. However, we encourage applications from for-profits. We may then, with the applicant’s permission, share information about the projects with private donors who might provide funding. In general, there aren’t classes of projects that we won’t consider: we want to cast the net wide. However, if others are unsure, I recommend that they email eagrants@centreforeffectivealtruism.org to clarify on a case-by-case basis.