Trace

Owain Evans

organization

Technical AI safety research

Received
$702,212
from 2 funders
Grants
3
Funders
2
Years active
2015–25

Grants over time

$0$100K$200K$300K20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Biggest funders

Future of Life Institute$452,21264%2
Schmidt Sciences$250,00036%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
2025Schmidt Sciences~$250,000*Technical AI safety researchschmidt_sciencesProject: Generalization and Hidden Tendencies in LLMs. Inference-time compute safety cohort; per-project amount undisclosed (RFP cap $500K). — Science of Trustworthy AI — Inference-Time Compute (2025 cohort)
2018Future of Life Institute$225,000Technical AI safety researchfliFactored Cognition: Amplifying Human Cognition for Safely Scalable AGI — Oxford University — 2018 AGI Safety Grants
2015Future of Life Institute$227,212Technical AI safety researchfliInferring Human Values: Learning 'Ought', not 'Is' — University of Oxford — 2015 AI Safety Grants

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