Future of Life Institute Grants Program for Existential Risk Reduction

The Future of Life Institute Grants Program for Existential Risk Reduction is a multi-year $25M grants initiative funding work that studies and reduces existential risks from powerful technologies. The program will run grants competitions including Shiba Inu Grants for projects (research, education, and other activities) and Vitalik Buterin Fellowships to bolster the talent pipeline through high-school summer programs, college internships, graduate fellowships and postdoctoral fellowships. Academic research grants and fellowships are focused in computer science, behavioral science, and policy/governance. The program funds projects worldwide and prioritizes work associated with research institutions and non-profits.

Grant funding for projects; fellowships supporting internships, graduate fellowships and postdoctoral funding (example: three-year postdoc funding).

The Institute wishes to support promising people and ideas anywhere in the world; as a non-profit it is normally only able to support work associated with research institutions and other non-profits. Specific fellowships and grants will have their own eligibility criteria when application portals open.

The Institute will run a series of grants competitions; interested parties are asked to sign up for the mailing list to receive application instructions. Unsolicited applications are not accepted.