Trace

Dan Hendrycks

organization

AI safetyTechnical AI safety research

Received
$771,710
from 9 funders
Grants
10
Funders
9
Years active
2020–26

Grants over time

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K2020202120222023202420252026

Biggest funders

Schmidt Sciences$540,00070%2
Foresight Institute$150,00019%1
Long-Term Future Fund$55,0007%1
Evan Hubinger$25,0003%1
Andy Martin$1,0000%1
Loppukilpailija$5000%1
David Moss$1500%1
Romain Deléglise$500%1

Biggest recipients

Center for AI Safety, Inc.$250,00057%1
Alexander Pan$190,00043%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Mar 2026Foresight Institute~$150,000*AI safetyforesightListed as previously funded on the AI for Science & Safety Nodes page. Affiliation: Center for AI Safety. Project details and grant date not published; first listed by Mar 2026. — AI for Science & Safety Nodes — listed as previously funded
Jul 21, 202508068931-db8f-46fa-9222-e1a4f8791df4Manifund$10Technical AI safety researchmanifundResearch Staff for AI Safety Research Projects
Mar 3, 2025Romain DelégliseManifund$50Technical AI safety researchmanifundResearch Staff for AI Safety Research Projects
2025Schmidt Sciences~$250,000Technical AI safety researchschmidt_sciencesProject: Utility Engineering and Moral Scaffolding for Safer Reasoning Models. Inference-time compute safety cohort; per-project amount undisclosed (RFP cap $500K). — Science of Trustworthy AI — Inference-Time Compute (2025 cohort)
Aug 24, 2024David MossManifund$150Technical AI safety researchmanifundResearch Staff for AI Safety Research Projects
Jun 25, 2024Andy MartinManifund$1,000Technical AI safety researchmanifundResearch Staff for AI Safety Research Projects
Jun 15, 2024LoppukilpailijaManifund$500Technical AI safety researchmanifundResearch Staff for AI Safety Research Projects
Jun 15, 2024Evan HubingerManifund$25,000Technical AI safety researchmanifundResearch Staff for AI Safety Research Projects
Mar 4, 2024Schmidt Sciences~$290,000AI safetyschmidt_sciencesAI2050 Early Career Fellow, 2023 cohort; Center for AI Safety. Up to $300,000 over two years; exact amount undisclosed. — AI2050 (Early Career Fellow, 2023 cohort)
Jan 2020Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$55,000Evalsea_fundsCreate a value learning benchmark with contextualized scenarios by leveraging a recent breakthrough in natural language processing

* Estimated typical grant size; Foresight Institute did not report grant-level amounts.

Estimated from Schmidt Sciences' reporting of total given out in the funding round; grant-level amounts were not provided.

Grants made 2 · $440,000 · $220,000 average

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Feb 12, 2025Center for AI Safety, Inc.Manifund$250,000AdvocacymanifundAI Safety & Society
Jan 16, 2024Alexander PanManifund$190,000Alignment methodsmanifundRemoving Hazardous Knowledge from AIs