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Effec­tive Thesis

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Effective Thesis is a project to help university students find high-impact thesis topics.

As of July 2022, Effective Thesis has advised or is currently advising over 40 different students writing theses in areas such as global priorities research, animal welfare, biosecurity, and AI safety.

Funding

Effective Thesis has received nearly $250,000 in funding from Effective Altruism Funds,[1][2] and $15,000 from the Survival and Flourishing Fund.[3]

External links

Effective Thesis. Official website.

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    Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund (2019) July 2019: EA Meta Fund grants, Effective Altruism Funds, July.

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    Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund (2021) May-August 2021: EA Infrastructure Fund grants, Effective Altruism Funds, August.

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    Survival and Flourishing Fund (2019) SFF-2020-H2 S-process recommendations announcement, Survival and Flourishing Fund.

Effec­tive Th­e­sis: up­dates from 2019 and call for collaborators

DavidJankuJun 18, 2020, 12:39 PM
62 points
4 comments16 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis—Ac­tivi­ties and Im­pact Eval­u­a­tion [June 2021-June 2022]

DavidJankuAug 22, 2022, 5:00 PM
45 points
2 comments33 min readEA link

Ex­cep­tional Re­search Award by Effec­tive Th­e­sis (ETERA): reflection

Effective ThesisJan 18, 2023, 10:59 AM
39 points
1 comment13 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis pro­ject review

Jan_KulveitMay 31, 2018, 6:45 PM
26 points
12 comments6 min readEA link

Lev­er­ag­ing flu for biose­cu­rity R&D

freedomandutilityMay 6, 2023, 11:39 PM
10 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis is hiring pro­ject man­ager and con­tent manager

DavidJankuMay 13, 2021, 12:53 PM
30 points
3 comments4 min readEA link

New Effec­tive Th­e­sis ser­vices and op­por­tu­ni­ties to get involved

DavidJankuNov 15, 2021, 6:15 PM
48 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

EA In­fras­truc­ture Fund: May–Au­gust 2021 grant recommendations

Max_DanielDec 24, 2021, 10:42 AM
85 points
19 comments21 min readEA link
(funds.effectivealtruism.org)

Effec­tive Th­e­sis seeks a pro­ject manager

DavidJankuNov 25, 2020, 3:47 PM
73 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis is hiring for the Head of Coaching

DavidJankuJul 30, 2021, 5:03 PM
30 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

In­ter­ven­tion op­tions for im­prov­ing the EA-al­igned re­search pipeline

MichaelA🔸May 28, 2021, 2:26 PM
49 points
27 comments12 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis is hiring for Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Manager

DavidJankuFeb 4, 2022, 12:18 PM
33 points
0 comments5 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis pro­ject: sec­ond-year update

DavidJankuMay 9, 2019, 1:57 PM
54 points
11 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] What “pivotal” and use­ful re­search … would you like to see as­sessed? (Bounty for sug­ges­tions)

david_reinsteinApr 28, 2022, 3:49 PM
37 points
21 comments7 min readEA link

How to: Choos­ing the right PhD supervisor

Effective ThesisNov 29, 2022, 5:58 AM
28 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

Effec­tive Th­e­sis is hiring!

DavidJankuOct 19, 2022, 12:21 PM
24 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Logo De­sign Con­test—for Effec­tive Th­e­sis (closes 17th June)

DeeKathuriaMay 26, 2022, 4:36 AM
14 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

[Question] What are some re­search re­sources that you have found par­tic­u­larly helpful?

michelOct 6, 2021, 4:00 PM
7 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

An­i­mal-free pro­teins: A bright out­look and a to-do list (BCG re­port)

FGHMar 28, 2021, 7:27 AM
47 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] What is the best biomed­i­cal re­search ques­tion for un­der­grad re­search in PDEs?

Isaac BensonDec 31, 2022, 8:01 PM
6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

My learn­ings from a year of han­dling out­reach at Effec­tive Th­e­sis

Dee KathuriaSep 15, 2023, 5:14 PM
17 points
1 comment35 min readEA link
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