Columbia University
columbia.edu · organization
BiosecurityGlobal health and developmentAI safety fieldbuilding
- Received
- $4,131,933
- from 2 funders
- Grants
- 5
- Funders
- 2
- Years active
- 2022–26
Grants over time
Coefficient GivingLong-Term Future Fund
Biggest funders
| Coefficient Giving | $4,041,933 | 98% | 4 |
| Long-Term Future Fund | $90,000 | 2% | 1 |
Grants received
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | Coefficient Giving | $333,333 | Global health and development | coefficient_giving | GRASP (Gridded Africa Surface Pollution) Dataset Expansion | |
| Aug 2025 | Coefficient Giving | $370,000 | Global health and development | coefficient_giving | Policy Research on Lead Exposure Mitigation | |
| Jun 2023 | Coefficient Giving | $138,600 | Global health and development | coefficient_giving | Regulatory Affairs Position | |
| Jun 2022 | Coefficient Giving | $3,200,000 | Biosecurity | coefficient_giving | Far-UVC Sterilization Research | |
| Jan 2022 | Long-Term Future Fund | EA Funds | $90,000 | Training pipelines | ea_funds | Support for AI-safety related CS PhD thesis on enabling AI agents to accurately report their actions |
Grants via 7 · ~$1,200,659 · $171,523 average
| Date ↓ | Funder | Recipient | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | UK AI Security Institute | Rocco Servedio, Xi Chen, and Anindya De | Columbia University | ~$589,500* | Technical AI safety research | uk_aisi | Discovering rare harmful behaviors exhibited by high-dimensional AI systems — led by Rocco Servedio, Xi Chen, Anindya De. — Alignment Project |
| Nov 2025 | Coefficient Giving | Hongseok Namkoong | Columbia University | $451,159 | Foundations | coefficient_giving | New Methods for Estimating Rare Event Probabilities (Hongseok Namkoong) |
| 2022 | FTX Future Fund | Claudia Shi | Columbia University | $100,000 | Training pipelines | ftx_future_fund | We recommended a grant to pay for research assistants over three years to support the work of a PhD student working on AI safety at Columbia University. — Artificial Intelligence |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Jaan Tallinn | Claudia Shi | Columbia University, Founders Pledge | $15,000 | Training pipelines | jaan_online | To support Claudia Shi’s work in AI safety during her PHD at Columbia |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Jaan Tallinn | Claudia Shi | Columbia University, Founders Pledge | $15,000 | Training pipelines | jaan_online | To support Claudia Shi’s work in AI safety during her PHD at Columbia |
| Jun 18, 2020 | Jaan Tallinn | Claudia Shi | Columbia University, Founders Pledge | $15,000 | Training pipelines | jaan_online | To support Claudia Shi’s work in AI safety during her PHD at Columbia |
| Apr 15, 2020 | Jaan Tallinn | Claudia Shi | Columbia University, Founders Pledge | $15,000 | Training pipelines | jaan_online | To support Claudia Shi’s work in AI safety during her PHD at Columbia |
* UK AISI reported a total of 27m GBP over 60 projects, so estimating each of them at the average grant size.