MATS Research — AI Safety Research Expenses

$660K

Funder

Coefficient Giving wiki

Recipient

MATS ML Alignment Theory Scholars program

Program

Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities

Date

Dec 2024

Source

coefficientgiving.org↗

Notes

[Global Catastrophic Risks] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $660,000 to MATS Research to support research projects undertaken during the winter 2024-2025 ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) cohort. The MATS program is an educational seminar and independent research program that provides talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the fields of AI alignment, interpretability, and governance. This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

Other Grants by Coefficient Giving

2625

Grant	Recipient	Amount	Date
National Association of Community and Restorative Justice — Restorative Justice Conference	National Association Of Community And Restorative Justice	$50K	Nov 2016
GiveDirectly — General Support (December 2017)	GiveDirectly	$2.5M	Dec 2017
gui2de — Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (December 2018)	Georgetown University	$100K	Dec 2018
Nuclear Threat Initiative — Planning Grant for Global Health Security Index	NTI \| bio (Nuclear Threat Initiative - Biological Program)	$477K	Feb 2017
Institute of the Black World — Criminal Justice Reform	Institute Of The Black World	$50K	Mar 2016
Living Goods — General Support (January 2019)	Living Goods	$100K	Jan 2019
IDinsight — General Support	IDinsight	$2M	Jun 2016
Vera Institute of Justice — New Orleans User-Funded Justice System	Vera Institute of Justice	$100K	Jul 2016
Iodine Global Network — General Support (January 2019)	Iodine Global Network	$100K	Jan 2019
Innovations for Poverty Action — Mindset Engagement in Cash Transfers	Innovations for Poverty Action	$350K	May 2016

Showing 10 of 2625 grants

Other Grants to MATS ML Alignment Theory Scholars program

Grant	Recipient	Amount	Date
General Support of SERI ML Alignment Theory Scholars Program	MATS ML Alignment Theory Scholars program	$345K	Jul 2023
General Support of MATS London Ltd	MATS ML Alignment Theory Scholars program	$97K	Jul 2023
Grant to ML Alignment & Theory Scholars Research (MATS Research)	MATS ML Alignment Theory Scholars program	$289K	2025
Grant to MATS Research	MATS ML Alignment Theory Scholars program	$639K	2024
Retroactive grant for managing the MATS program, 1.0 and 2.0	MATS ML Alignment Theory Scholars program	$27K	Oct 2022

← Back to Coefficient Giving All grants