Transformative AI Fund
Transformative AI Fund supports individuals and organizations pursuing early-stage research, governance, and training projects to reduce catastrophic AI risks and help the transition to transformative AI go well.
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Funder: Effective Altruism Funds
Due Dates: Rolling (Applications always open)
Funding Amounts: Typically $10,000–$150,000 per grant; awards rarely exceed $300,000
Summary: Supports early-stage projects addressing transformative AI, primarily to reduce global catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.
Key Information: Biosecurity and nuclear work are supported only at their intersections with AI.
Description
The Transformative AI Fund is run by a full-time team at Effective Altruism Funds. It backs individuals and organizations starting new work to help the transition to transformative AI go well. Its approach emphasizes early-stage funding, speed, and tolerance of failure, helping promising projects get off the ground before they can attract larger institutional support.
The fund’s primary focus is reducing global catastrophic risks through technical AI safety and AI governance, including post-AGI governance. Supported activities include technical research, policy analysis, forecasting, advocacy, and demonstration projects, alongside training for researchers and practitioners and field-building infrastructure. A smaller share of grants supports other neglected implications of transformative AI, including flourishing futures and artificial or digital sentience.
