We’ve announced the winners of our cause exploration prizes! We received over 150 good-faith submissions, all of which received prizes of at least $200. The top prize of $25,000 went to Ben Stewart for Organophosphate pesticides and other neurotoxicants. Three other submissions won second-place prizes of $15,000.
Eli Rose wrote an update on the work of Open Philanthropy’s Effective Altruism Community Growth team.
We published the 2022 cohort of the Open Philanthropy Century Fellowship. TheCentury Fellowship is a two-year program that supports promising and ambitious early-career individuals who want to work on challenges the world may face this century that could have a lasting and significant impact on the long-term future.
In the News
Time Magazine published a cover story on the effective altruism movement, including OP’s role. Vox also published a profile of the movement.
Senior research analyst Ajeya Cotra was named one of Vox’s “Future Perfect 50” in recognition of her work on forecasting when transformative artificial intelligence might arrive.
Grantmaking
We announced a number of grants, including (but not limited to):
In Biosecurity and Pandemics:
Biosecure to support a workshop on verifying compliance with the Biological Weapons Convention
In Farm Animal Welfare:
Mercy for Animals to support their broiler welfare and cage-free corporate campaigns
A general application to let us know you'd be interested in working at Open Philanthropy.
A variety of funding opportunities, including fellowships, scholarships, funding for community organizing, and support for effective altruism-related translation projects.
