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FLI Grants Program

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FLI's grantmaking arm. $25M+ distributed since 2015 across AI safety, nuclear risk, governance, and existential risk reduction.

Funding Programs

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2023 Grants

16 grants for AI safety research, policy, and governance

Grant Round$8.4MAwarded
2015 AI Safety Research Grant Program

First peer-reviewed AI safety grant program; 37 grants funded from Elon Musk's $10M donation

Grant Round$6.5MAwarded
How to Mitigate AI-Driven Power Concentration

13 projects addressing AI-driven power concentration. Largest $1.66M to OpenMined Foundation.

Rfp$5.6MOpen
Multistakeholder Engagement for Safe and Prosperous AI

Up to $5M for multi-stakeholder engagement projects. Individual grants $100K-$500K, multi-year up to 3 years.

Rfp$5MOpen
2024 Grants

6 grants including AI-nuclear nexus and journalism

Grant Round$4.2MAwarded
Nuclear War Research Grant Program

10 grants studying nuclear war environmental impacts: climate, agriculture, ozone, fire modeling

Grant Round$4.1MOpen
2018 AGI Safety Grant Program

10 projects focused on AGI safety; recipients at Stanford, MIT, Oxford, Yale, ANU

Grant Round$1.8MAwarded
Request for Proposals on Religious Projects

Up to $1.5M total; individual grants $30K-$300K. Faith community engagement with AI risks.

Rfp$1.5MOpen
Impact of AI on SDGs

10 research grants at $15K each on AI impact on poverty, health, energy and climate. Primarily Global South recipients.

Rfp$150KAwarded
Global Institutions Governing AI

6 research papers at $15K each designing governance institutions for AGI

Rfp$90KAwarded

Other Future of Life Institute Divisions

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