individual · Tom Burns (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Technical AI safety research
| Foresight Institute | $150,000 | 100% | 1 |
| Matthew Cameron Farrugia-Roberts | $250 | 45% | 1 |
| WhiteBox Research | $150 | 27% | 1 |
| Gaurav Yadav | $100 | 18% | 1 |
| MATS Research | $50 | 9% | 1 |
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | Foresight Institute | ~$150,000* | Security | foresight | Scoping Brain-Computer Interfaces for AI Safety — review and roadmap of BCIs for real-time human oversight and AI alignment. Focus area: Neurotech/WBE. First listed on foresight.org/ai-safety by Mar 2025. — AI Safety Grants (Underexplored Approaches: Automation / Neurotech / Security / Multi-Agent) |
* Estimated typical grant size; Foresight Institute did not report grant-level amounts.
| Date ↓ | Recipient | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2024 | Matthew Cameron Farrugia-Roberts | Manifund | $250 | Local groups | manifund | AI Safety Reading Group at metauni [Retrospective] |
| Oct 10, 2024 | MATS Research | Manifund | $50 | Training pipelines | manifund | MATS Program |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Gaurav Yadav | Manifund | $100 | Advocacy | manifund | AI Governance YouTube Channel |
| Sep 14, 2024 | WhiteBox Research | Manifund | $150 | Interpretability | manifund | WhiteBox Research’s AI Interpretability Fellowship |