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Stan­ford Ex­is­ten­tial Risks Initiative

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Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) is a collaboration between faculty and students of Stanford University dedicated to mitigating global catastrophic risks.[1] It was launched on 15 May 2020.[2]

SERI runs an undergraduate summer research program, various speaker events and discussions, and a class by Professors Stephen Luby and Paul Edwards on “preventing human extinction”.[3]

Funding

As of June 2022, SERI has received over $1.5 million in funding from Open Philanthropy,[4] and $125,000 from the Survival and Flourishing Fund,[5] and $60,000 from Effective Altruism Funds.[6]

External links

Stanford Existential Risks Initiative. Official website.

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    Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (2021) Our mission, Stanford Existential Risks Initiative.

  2. ^

    Veit, Cooper (2020) Stanford Existential Risk Initiative tackles global threats, The Stanford Daily, May 20.

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    Luby, Stephen & Paul Edwards (2020) Preventing human extinction, Course syllabus, Stanford University.

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    Open Philanthropy (2022) Grants database: Stanford Existential Risks Initiative, Open Philanthropy.

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

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    Long-Term Future Fund (2021) May 2021: Long-Term Future Fund grants, Effective Altruism Funds, May.

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