SFF Speculation Grants
SFF Speculation Grants support organizations with expedited funding for time-sensitive work, prioritizing urgency and value within a broader mission concerning existential risks and long-term human flourishing.
Funder: Survival and Flourishing Fund
Due Dates: Rolling (Speculation Grant requests)
Funding Amounts: Approximately $20 million combined Speculator budget
Summary: Expedited funding for organizations with time-sensitive requests that cannot wait for a regular SFF grant round.
Key Information: A full rolling application is required, and grants count against subsequent S-Process funding recommendations.
Description
SFF Speculation Grants provide expedited support outside the Survival and Flourishing Fund’s regular grant-recommendation process, the S-Process. Individuals called Speculators independently recommend grants from limited budgets, allowing time-sensitive work to receive support before a regular round distributes funding. The same application also requests consideration in the next S-Process round. Receiving a Speculation Grant guarantees eligibility for consideration in that round, rather than guaranteeing additional funding.
SFF’s broader mission concerns existential risks and long-term human flourishing. Speculation Grants emphasize the urgency and value of the proposed work, with each grant subsequently evaluated through the S-Process. That evaluation adjusts the recommending Speculator’s future budget through non-binding “impact futures,” encouraging support for work that subsequent reviewers consider highly valuable.
