PhD in computational and systems biology; plant virus evolutionary biologist
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1338-8900
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AWRhHlsAAAAJ
I don’t care for the term “effective altruism”, because to me it implies a contrast with ineffective altruism. It is great that others like the term but I have trouble relating to it, perhaps because I find evaluating the effectiveness of altruistic efforts so challenging. (Related: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/i24sXY8v6FXLyJKXF/why-ea-groups-should-not-use-effective-altruism-in-their?commentId=RJFEjYETpQT7qCjT8 and https://briantomasik.com/fastidious-vs-relaxed-approaches-goals)
Semirelated question: Do you expect to provide explicit rejection notifications for projects that you choose not to fund?
I see from your FAQ that you “usually don’t provide feedback because we have a small team and face capacity constraints”, which makes total sense. I also see that you anticipate making a ‘revise and resubmit’ decision on some proposals. I am rather asking about sending applicants a ‘Sorry not interested’ note.
It might be nice to do this, though I understand it may end up being logistically impossible.