Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities

Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities is sponsored by Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy). This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

If you are seeking funding from Coefficient Giving's Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities Fund and don’t fit any of our open RFPs here, here or here, you may use this form. How to fill out this form You can find a Google document version of the questions on this form here, in case you would prefer to draft your answers separately before copying them over.

If you already have a funding request prepared in the form of a longer document, feel free to link to relevant sections of that document when filling this out, instead of typing in long-form responses. The form should auto-save any information you enter; if you aren't able to complete it in one session, you should be able to fill in parts of it and return to it later, as long as you’re using the same device.

You will receive a copy of your responses via email. While we don't have hard word limits given the diversity of application sizes we receive, we generally encourage applicants to err on the side of being concise and preserving their time. If you're applying as an individual, we encourage you to aim to spend no more than two hours on this form.

By default, we will share your application with staff within Coefficient Giving (previously Open Philanthropy) as well as a select number of external advisors. If there's any information that you'd like to keep confidential to Coefficient Giving staff, please share it in the relevant form field below.

Sharing documents as part of your application When sharing Google Docs or Sheets, please grant comment access to cb-funding@coefficientgiving. org to facilitate efficient follow-up communication. The time it takes us to make a funding decision varies significantly depending on the complexity of the proposed activities/organization and also on each applicant’s needs.

Where possible, we suggest applying three months before you need a final decision from us, and some of our decisions do take this long. However, if you’re working to a shorter timeframe we’d still strongly encourage you to apply. We are typically able to work within deadlines as short as a month (or even less) if there are good reasons to do so, although we cannot guarantee this is in all cases.

You can indicate on our application form your ideal and hard deadlines, and explain the reasons for them. If we decide to offer funding, our grants team will follow-up to collect and confirm basic details to complete any required due diligence.

Grants are generally paid within one month of receiving the required information, though grants to certain types of entities (including international organizations, universities, and for-profit organizations) require additional due diligence and generally take longer. Our grants team is able to make payments urgently in some cases, but is generally unable to pay grants in less than 5 business days, even in urgent cases.

If awarded funding, we expect organizations to have organizational policies that meet the minimum standards described in this document. Before receiving funding, we’ll require you to confirm your intent to comply with these standards as soon as is practicable, and no later than by the next time you’d like to be considered for funding (this includes potential grant renewals).

If you are a project at an organization or a sub-organization at an organization, we require only the parts of the organization relevant to the funded activities to comply; please see our FAQ for details. If you are a fiscally sponsored project, we only require your project to comply, not the entire organization that sponsors you.

Please note that we do not require the above if your organization or project is formally part of a university. If grant funds would go through individual recipients (rather than an entity), please select “individual(s)”.

If you have a fiscal sponsor, either “organization” or “project at an organization” could be appropriate (depending on whether you’re requesting funds for all of your fiscally sponsored activities, or just a specific part). Project at an organization This question is required If grant funds would go through individual recipients (rather than an entity), please select “individual(s)”.

If you have a fiscal sponsor, either “organization” or “project at an organization” could be appropriate (depending on whether you’re requesting funds for all of your fiscally sponsored activities, or just a specific part). If we’ve funded your organization before and you’re now requesting funding for a new project, please select “Renewal”.

This question is required If we’ve funded your organization before and you’re now requesting funding for a new project, please select “Renewal”. This question is required This question is required If you are applying as an individual, please use an email that you expect to have indefinitely, rather than your university or work email.

Please enter a valid email If you are applying as an individual, please use an email that you expect to have indefinitely, rather than your university or work email.

Please provide a short (<20-word) description of your funding request, e.g. "[Organization name], an organization supporting infosecurity professionals interested in working in AI", "A series of workshops focused on risks from emerging technologies, hosted by [organization name]", "[Project name], a research fellowship program focused on AI governance".

This question is required Please provide a short (<20-word) description of your funding request, e.g. "[Organization name], an organization supporting infosecurity professionals interested in working in AI", "A series of workshops focused on risks from emerging technologies, hosted by [organization name]", "[Project name], a research fellowship program focused on AI governance".

How long would your preferred grant length be, in months, and why? We generally prefer to err shorter for newer, untested projects and organizations, and longer (often 2 years) for stable organizations with a proven track record, but we encourage you to fill out this field with what would be ideal for you. This question is required How long would your preferred grant length be, in months, and why?

We generally prefer to err shorter for newer, untested projects and organizations, and longer (often 2 years) for stable organizations with a proven track record, but we encourage you to fill out this field with what would be ideal for you. Please describe the activities you are requesting funding for over your ideal funding period.

If you already have a long-form proposal prepared, feel free to share it here, and skip the optional “Track record” and “Other requested information” fields below. This question is required Please describe the activities you are requesting funding for over your ideal funding period.

If you already have a long-form proposal prepared, feel free to share it here, and skip the optional “Track record” and “Other requested information” fields below. Please specify the amount of funding you’re requestion (and the currency you're requesting it in) over the ideal time period above.

Sometimes it can be helpful to specify a range of possible funding levels, including a "minimal" level at which the organization you're requesting funding for would operate (if applicable), or the activities you're proposing would go ahead. This question is required Please specify the amount of funding you’re requestion (and the currency you're requesting it in) over the ideal time period above.

Sometimes it can be helpful to specify a range of possible funding levels, including a "minimal" level at which the organization you're requesting funding for would operate (if applicable), or the activities you're proposing would go ahead. Please link to a budget describing how you would spend the funding amount(s) requested above.

If you're requesting funding for a project or organization where we cover only a portion of the expenses, please also include the overall budget for the project or organization – if relevant, it’s fine to just write that we’d be covering a given percentage of that budget. Our grants team has put together a budget template here – feel free to use it as a starting point if you find it helpful.

Please link to a budget describing how you would spend the funding amount(s) requested above. If you're requesting funding for a project or organization where we cover only a portion of the expenses, please also include the overall budget for the project or organization – if relevant, it’s fine to just write that we’d be covering a given percentage of that budget.

Our grants team has put together a budget template here – feel free to use it as a starting point if you find it helpful. Please share how much in financial reserves your project or organization currently has (as of the time of this application) and how long it will allow your project or organization to operate at its current level. If you’re able to disclose, please also share what funding sources those reserves come from.

(If your project hasn’t started yet, you can skip this section.) If you're requesting funding for a particular project at an organization, and your organization has general or unrestricted funding that could be used for the project, please provide context on that funding here as well.

This question is required Please share how much in financial reserves your project or organization currently has (as of the time of this application) and how long it will allow your project or organization to operate at its current level. If you’re able to disclose, please also share what funding sources those reserves come from. (If your project hasn’t started yet, you can skip this section.)

If you're requesting funding for a particular project at an organization, and your organization has general or unrestricted funding that could be used for the project, please provide context on that funding here as well. If you have data about past work that’s relevant to this funding request, please share it here.

(Depending on the nature of your request, this might include e.g. online engagement data, a list of previous clients or users of your service/project, feedback surveys/testimonials from individuals who participated in or benefitted from your work, or a list of impressive individuals whose careers were impacted by the project or organization.) If you have data about past work that’s relevant to this funding request, please share it here.

(Depending on the nature of your request, this might include e.g. online engagement data, a list of previous clients or users of your service/project, feedback surveys/testimonials from individuals who participated in or benefitted from your work, or a list of impressive individuals whose careers were impacted by the project or organization.)

If we’ve explicitly asked you to provide other information as part of this funding request, please share it here. (In most cases, we expect not to have discussed your funding request before you fill out this application, and may follow-up with additional questions.) If we’ve explicitly asked you to provide other information as part of this funding request, please share it here.

(In most cases, we expect not to have discussed your funding request before you fill out this application, and may follow-up with additional questions.) We expect to make most funding decisions within 3 months of receiving an application (assuming prompt responses to any follow-up questions we may have), and most payments within 6 weeks of making a decision. Do you need to have a funding decision or receive funds sooner?

Note that we may or may not be able to accommodate requests for greater time-sensitivity, especially for applicants asking for over $500K. We expect to make most funding decisions within 3 months of receiving an application (assuming prompt responses to any follow-up questions we may have), and most payments within 6 weeks of making a decision. Do you need to have a funding decision or receive funds sooner?

Note that we may or may not be able to accommodate requests for greater time-sensitivity, especially for applicants asking for over $500K. In the last few months, have you applied to other funders, or do you plan to apply to other funders soon? If so, which ones?

What would you do if you don’t receive funding from us, or from the other funders you’ve applied to / will apply to? This question is required In the last few months, have you applied to other funders, or do you plan to apply to other funders soon? If so, which ones?

What would you do if you don’t receive funding from us, or from the other funders you’ve applied to / will apply to? By default, we will share your application with Coefficient Giving staff as well as a select number of external advisors. If there's any information that you'd like to keep confidential to Coefficient Giving staff, please share it here.

By default, we will share your application with Coefficient Giving staff as well as a select number of external advisors. If there's any information that you'd like to keep confidential to Coefficient Giving staff, please share it here. We may be interested in referring your proposal to other funders, if we think they might be a better fit for supporting it.

Could we share this application with other funders we’re in contact with? Maybe – please ask me first This question is required We may be interested in referring your proposal to other funders, if we think they might be a better fit for supporting it. Could we share this application with other funders we’re in contact with?

In the following section, we’re asking you for some additional information that will help speed up the grants logistics process in the event that we decide to go ahead with a grant. Please note the country or countries where project activities will take place. If several countries, if possible, please roughly list them in order by how much time and resources are spent in each country as part of the project.

This question is required Please note the country or countries where project activities will take place. If several countries, if possible, please roughly list them in order by how much time and resources are spent in each country as part of the project. Please provide the postal/mailing address of the grant recipient (individual or organization, as applicable).

This question is required Please provide the postal/mailing address of the grant recipient (individual or organization, as applicable). Please explain how your project will benefit the public. This question is not for evaluation purposes, but to speed up the grant logistics process.

This question is required Please explain how your project will benefit the public. This question is not for evaluation purposes, but to speed up the grant logistics process. No, this doesn't work for me This question is required