New blog posts, news coverage, grant announcements, and job openings from April, May, and June 2021. 

On the blog
* We announced that we are recruiting two new Program Officers, in South Asian air quality and global aid advocacy, and Research Fellows and Strategy Fellows . These roles will help us direct philanthropic funding in new-to-OP causes and identify new areas for grantmaking in the future. ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* Tom Davidson assessed whether AI could drive significantly faster global economic growth this century compared to historic standards. ([link removed])
* We announced that Open Philanthropy co-founder Alexander Berger has been promoted to co-CEO. Alexander will continue to oversee our work on Global Health and Wellbeing. ([link removed])
* We introduced new members of our team who joined in the last year, including new contributors to operations, program teams, and research. ([link removed])
* We compared our progress with the goals we set forth a year ago, noting a high level of grantmaking and the completion of a number of reports relevant to our worldview investigations function. We also laid out our plans for the coming year, including investigating new areas for giving. ([link removed])

In the news
* As reported by Reuters, the European Commission recently announced that it will propose legislation to phase out the use of cages for farmed animals. The announcement came after the End the Cage Age European Citizens’ Initiative, led by our grantee Compassion in World Farming, gathered over 1.4 million signatures in favor of cage-free legislation. ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* PBS NewsHour profiled Mireille Kamariza, who is working on a potential breakthrough diagnostic tool to fight tuberculosis. Kamariza is CEO of OliLux Biosciences, which recently received an investment from Open Philanthropy. ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* The New York Times highlighted work by Open Philanthropy grantee Pardis Sabeti, who worked with Colorado Mesa University in her role at the Broad Institute to develop a system for pandemic management. Versions of the system could be used to respond to future outbreaks. ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* The 80,000 Hours Podcast interviewed Open Philanthropy co-CEO Alexander Berger about our Global Health and Wellbeing grantmaking, how we think about maximizing the impact of our giving, and more. ([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]) : MIT Media Lab to continue to support the research of Professor Kevin Esvelt.([link removed])
* In Criminal Justice Reform ([link removed]): Frontline Wellness for general support and the Ayni Institute to support activities related to the digital Movement Ecology program. ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* In Farm Animal Welfare ([link removed]): Wild Animal Initiative to support research on animal welfare, Compassion in World Farming USA for general support, and the Changing Markets Foundation to support investor engagement and fish welfare campaigns. ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* In Global Health and Development ([link removed]): CEEW, UC Berkeley, and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to support the installation of a network of low-cost air quality sensors in South Asia. Grants to GiveWell-recommended charities included the Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention and the SCI Foundation for general support. ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* In Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence ([link removed]): MIT and the University of Tübingen to support research on robustness as a means to improve AI safety and the Open Phil AI Fellowship to support four promising machine learning researchers. ([link removed]) ([link removed]) ([link removed])
* In Scientific Research ([link removed]): The CDC Foundation to support research on malaria control. ([link removed])

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

Jobs ([link removed]) and other opportunities
* A Communications Officer to help us share more about our work as we move into the next phase of our growth. ([link removed])
* A Program Officer to lead our global aid advocacy work. ([link removed])
* A Program Officer to lead our South Asian air quality grantmaking. ([link removed])
* Research Fellows and Strategy Fellows to work on identifying the best new areas for Open Philanthropy to expand its giving within Global Health and Wellbeing. ([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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