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This Open Philanthropy page covers science grants outside AI safety, relevant mainly as context for understanding the broader philanthropic portfolio; it has minimal direct relevance to AI safety or alignment research.
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Open Philanthropy describes its opportunistic approach to funding scientific research that falls outside its core thematic areas, including food resilience, drought-tolerant crops, and alternatives to animal products. The page highlights sample grants totaling over $12 million across 10+ grants, and invites unsolicited pre-proposals for promising scientific projects.
Key Points
- •Open Philanthropy takes an opportunistic approach to science funding, supporting promising projects outside its main thematic areas.
- •Sample grants include food resilience research at Penn State, CRISPR drought-tolerant rice at UC Berkeley, and investment in Impossible Foods.
- •Over $12 million has been granted across 10+ projects in this miscellaneous science category.
- •Some grants in this area may grow into dedicated portfolio areas over time.
- •Unsolicited short pre-proposals are accepted at science@openphilanthropy.org.
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# Other Scientific Research Areas
Some important scientific research falls outside our thematic areas.
## We aim to support the most promising projects we find.
Open Philanthropy takes an opportunistic approach to its science giving. We support the most promising projects we find, including those that do not fit clearly into our other thematic areas within science. We also support scientific research that furthers other Open Philanthropy focuses, such as [farm animal welfare](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/farm-animal-welfare/). It is possible some of these miscellaneous grants will grow into their own portfolio areas over time.
#### Open Calls for Proposals
We are open to receiving unsolicited short pre-proposals at [science@openphilanthropy.org](mailto:science@openphilanthropy.org). We try to consider all proposals but are unable to respond in most cases.
## Other Scientific Research Areas, at a glance
- #### 10 Grants Made
- #### $12+ Million Given
## Sample Grants
- ##### [Other Scientific Research Areas](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/?focus-area=other-scientific-research-areas)
#### [Penn State University — Research on Emergency Food Resilience (Charles Anderson) (2020)](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/penn-state-university-research-on-emergency-food-resilience-charles-anderson-2020/)
Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $3,064,660 over four years to Penn State University to support research led by Professor Charles T. Anderson and colleagues on the production...
[Read more](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/penn-state-university-research-on-emergency-food-resilience-charles-anderson-2020/)
- ##### [Alternatives to Animal Products](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/?focus-area=alternatives-to-animal-products)
#### [Impossible Foods — R&D Investment](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/impossible-foods-rd-investment/)
The Open Philanthropy Project has invested in Impossible Foods (IF) to accelerate the development of plant-based meats. \[toc\] Limited disclosure IF asked us not to disclose a number...
[Read more](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/impossible-foods-rd-investment/)
- ##### [Other Scientific Research Areas](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/?focus-area=other-scientific-research-areas)
#### [UC Berkeley — Research on Drought-Tolerant Rice (Brian Staskawicz)](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/uc-berkeley-research-on-drought-tolerant-rice-brian-staskawicz/)
The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $200,000 over three years to UC Berkeley to support Professor Brian Staskawicz's work on CRISPR modifications to increase drought tolerance...
[Read more](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/uc-berkeley-research-on-drought-tolerant-rice-brian-staskawicz/)
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