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Chris Maddison

www.cs.toronto.edu/~cmaddis · individual · Twitter

Technical AI safety researchAI safety

Received
$890,000
from 2 funders
Grants
2
Funders
2
Years active
2020–26

Grants over time

$0$200K$400K$600K2020202120222023202420252026
Coefficient GivingSchmidt Sciences

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$520,00058%1
Schmidt Sciences$370,00042%1

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Oct 1, 2026Schmidt Sciences~$370,000*AI safetyschmidt_sciencesAI2050 Early Career Fellow, 2026 cohort; University of Toronto. Per-fellow amount undisclosed. — AI2050 (Early Career Fellow, 2026 cohort)
Dec 2020Coefficient GivingUniversity of Toronto$520,000Technical AI safety researchcoefficient_givingMachine Learning Research (Chris Maddison)

* Estimated from Schmidt Sciences' reporting of total given out in the funding round; grant-level amounts were not provided. Up to $16M across 28 fellows (6 senior, 22 early-career), weighting senior fellows at ~3.5x early-career as in the 2025 cohort: ~$1.3M per senior fellow, ~$370K per early-career fellow.