New blog posts, news coverage, grant announcements, and job openings from January, February, and March 2021. 

On the blog
* Tom Davidson discussed one approach to forecasting when artificial general intelligence will be developed ([link removed]).
* We explained our approach to recruiting a strong team ([link removed]).

In the news
* Program officer Chloe Cockburn published an op-ed in The Washington Post about the importance of funding criminal justice reform organizers and leaders ([link removed]).
* The Smithsonian Magazine highlighted the Egg-Tech Prize, which we co-funded with the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, in a piece summarizing recent technological developments to eliminate chick culling ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* The New York Times profiled the work of Michael Mina, an Open Philanthropy grantee, to develop a worldwide serological observatory intended to help track the spread of COVID-19 and future pandemics ([link removed]) ([link removed]).

Grantmaking

Open Philanthropy announced a number of grants and investments, including (but not limited to) ([link removed]):
* In Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness ([link removed]) : The Council on Strategic Risks to support policy research and mentorship activities aimed at preventing the development of biological weapons ([link removed]).
* In Criminal Justice Reform ([link removed]): Dignity and Power Now to support efforts to reduce incarceration, Fair and Just Prosecution for general support, and Faith in Action to support the Street Certified program ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* In Farm Animal Welfare ([link removed]): Compassion in World Farming to support work to advance farm animal welfare in Asia, Crustacean Compassion and The Humane League-UK for general support, and the University of Bern to support research on breeding layer hens ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* In Global Health and Development ([link removed]): Grants to GiveWell top charities included the Malaria Consortium to support seasonal malaria chemoprevention programs, New Incentives for general support, Helen Keller International to support work on Vitamin A supplementation, the Against Malaria Foundation for general support, Evidence Action to support the Deworm the World Initiative, Sightsavers to support deworming programs, and GiveDirectly for general support ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* In Immigration Policy ([link removed]): The International Refugee Assistance Project for general support ([link removed]).
* In Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence ([link removed]): UC Berkeley to support the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence and the Center for Security and Emerging Technology for general support ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* In Scientific Research ([link removed]): The Telethon Kids Institute to support work to develop a Strep A vaccine, an investment in VasoRX to support work testing a new therapy for vascular diseases, the University of New South Wales to support research on in vitro maturation of oocytes, and an investment in Binx to support work on a COVID-19 diagnostic platform ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]).
* In other areas ([link removed]): The Centre for Effective Altruism for general support ([link removed]).

For the full list of grants, visit our public database ([link removed]).

Jobs and other opportunities ([link removed])
* A Grants Associate to help support our grantmaking growth ([link removed]) .
* An Operations Assistant to support our growing organization ([link removed]).
* A general application to let us know you'd be interested in working at Open Philanthropy ([link removed]).

Best,

Gabriela Romero
www.openphilanthropy.org ([link removed])

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