Trace

Dawn Song

organization

Technical AI safety researchAI safetyAI safety fieldbuilding

Received
$5,840,000
from 3 funders
Grants
6
Funders
3
Years active
2021–26

Grants over time

$0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M202120222023202420252026

Biggest funders

Coefficient Giving$3,920,00067%3
Schmidt Sciences$1,770,00030%2
Foresight Institute$150,0003%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jan 2026Foresight Institute~$150,000*AI safetyforesightListed as previously funded on the AI for Science & Safety Nodes page. Affiliation: University of California. Project details and grant date not published; first listed by Jan 2026 (likely funded 2025). — AI for Science & Safety Nodes — listed as previously funded
Nov 5, 2025Schmidt Sciences~$1,400,000AI safetyschmidt_sciencesAI2050 Senior Fellow, 2025 cohort; UC Berkeley. Per-fellow amount undisclosed. — AI2050 (Senior Fellow, 2025 cohort)
Sep 2025Coefficient GivingUniversity of California, Berkeley$200,000Eventscoefficient_givingAI Cybersecurity Research and Workshop (Dawn Song)
Jun 2025Coefficient GivingUniversity of California, Berkeley$3,390,000Evalscoefficient_givingCyberoffense Benchmark (Dawn Song)
Feb 11, 2025Schmidt Sciences~$370,000Technical AI safety researchschmidt_sciencesProject: Exploring AI Safety in Free-Form, Evolutionary Multi-Agent Systems. PI initial only on page; verify before ingest. One of 27 AI Safety Science awards; per-project amount undisclosed. PI identified by Caroline. — Science of Trustworthy AI — AI Safety Science (Feb 2025 cohort)
Feb 2021Coefficient GivingUniversity of California, Berkeley$330,000Securitycoefficient_givingAdversarial Robustness Research (Dawn Song)

* 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.