Trace

Thilo Hagendorff

individual

Technical AI safety research

Received
$436,500
from 2 funders
Grants
2
Funders
2
Years active
2025–26

Grants over time

$0$100K$200K$300K20252026
Schmidt SciencesCoefficient Giving

Biggest funders

Schmidt Sciences$250,00057%1
Coefficient Giving$186,50043%1

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jan 2026Coefficient GivingUniversity of Stuttgart$186,500Evalscoefficient_givingResearch into Deceptive Behaviors in LLMs (Thilo Hagendorf)
2025Schmidt Sciences~$250,000*Technical AI safety researchschmidt_sciencesProject: Investigating Hawthorne Effects in Large Reasoning Models. Inference-time compute safety cohort; per-project amount undisclosed (RFP cap $500K). — Science of Trustworthy AI — Inference-Time Compute (2025 cohort)

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