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Open Philanthropy (now Coefficient Giving) launched a Request for Proposals to fund roughly $40 million in technical AI safety research across 21 research areas, spanning adversarial machine learning, interpretability, reward hacking, white-box techniques, scalable oversight, and new theoretical approaches to superintelligence alignment.
Applications begin with a short expression of interest, and eligible grant types include research expenses (compute, APIs), discrete 6-24 month projects, academic start-up packages, and support for new or existing research organizations. Coefficient Giving continues to accept applications and recommendations on a rolling basis through its funding pathways for technical AI safety and alignment work.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Academic researchers, graduate students, independent researchers, and nonprofits with demonstrated machine learning experience; individuals or teams conducting technical AI safety research, internationally. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows approximately $40 million across the RFP; grant types range from small research-expense grants to multi-year projects and academic start-up or organization support. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Open Philanthropy / Coefficient Giving Request for Proposals: Technical AI Safety Research Across 21 Research Areas is funded by Open Philanthropy (now operating as Coefficient Giving). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
The grantmaker formerly known as Open Philanthropy has two open calls that invert normal grant craft: Project Tailwind backs AI safety founders with $200k to $200M on a rolling basis, and Launchpad Funds seeds new global health funds led by a single accountable general manager. Expressions of interest close October 2, 2026.
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