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The CLR Fund is a rolling-application grantmaker run by the Center on Long-Term Risk supporting research that reduces s-risks (suffering risks) from advanced AI, particularly through multi-agent safety, cooperative AI, decision theory, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict and worst-case outcomes from AI systems.
The fund supports individuals (independent researchers, graduate students, early-career fellows), small charitable organizations, and academic projects whose work addresses neglected technical and conceptual problems at the intersection of AI alignment and long-term suffering risks.
Priority research areas include multi-agent reinforcement learning safety, game-theoretic alignment, cooperative AI mechanisms, decision theory for AI, threat modeling for advanced AI conflict, and wild animal welfare adjacent to AI ethics. Grant decisions are made by simple majority approval from fund managers Tobias Baumann, Emery Cooper, and Tristan Cook.
Past awards have ranged from approximately $5,000 short research grants to $251,000 multi-year project support.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to individuals, charitable organizations, and academic institutions worldwide. Priority is given to applicants who can produce high-quality work relevant to suffering risks (s-risks), including AI safety, multi-agent systems, cooperative AI, wild animal welfare, and decision theory. The fund is intentionally flexible about applicant credentials, prioritizing the relevance and quality of proposed work over institutional affiliation. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows grants range from approximately $5,000 to $251,000 USD based on historical awards. Current fund balance is approximately $387,000. The CLR Fund has distributed over $1.8 million since inception. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Center on Long-Term Risk CLR Fund for AI Suffering Risks Multi-Agent Safety and Cooperative AI Research is funded by Center on Long-Term Risk (CLR). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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