In the news

• Open Philanthropy co-CEO Holden Karnofsky spoke with the New York Times’ Ezra Klein about how to do the most good, why we may be living in the most important century, the merits of worldview diversification, and more. 
• The Biden Administration recently announced a $65 billion pandemic preparedness plan, which incorporates recommendations from a report released by the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense, an Open Philanthropy grantee. 
• In a two-part series, The 80,000 Hours Podcast interviewed Open Philanthropy co-CEO Holden Karnofsky about his personal blog, living in the most important century, and building career aptitudes. You can listen to part one here and part two here. 

Open Philanthropy announced a number of grants and investments, including (but not limited to):

• In Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness: The Center for Security and Emerging Technology to support a project investigating the extent and risks of dual-use research in the biosciences.
• In Criminal Justice Reform: The Community Based Public Safety Collective to support its local community-based violence interruption programs. 
• In Farm Animal Welfare: Mercy for Animals to support corporate engagement on animal welfare, Eurogroup for Animals to support fish welfare advocacy, and Wakker Dier to support farm animal welfare litigation in the Netherlands.
• In Global Catastrophic Risks: The Future of Humanity Institute to support its early-career research programs.
• In Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy: Dezernat Zukunft to support organizations working on monetary and fiscal policy in Europe and Employ America for general support. 
• In Potential Risks from Advanced Artificial Intelligence: The Center for Security and Emerging Technology for general support. 
• In Scientific Research: The University of Notre Dame to support work developing an instrument to read the amino acid sequence of whole protein molecules.
• In other areas: The Global Priorities Institute for general support. 

Jobs and other opportunities

• A general application to let us know you'd be interested in working at Open Philanthropy.

Gabriela Romero
www.openphilanthropy.org