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Future of Life Institute

aka Future of Life Institute (FLI), FLI, future life institute fli
FoundationAI Safety & Existential Risk FundingActivefutureoflife.org/our-work/grantmaking-work
The Future of Life Institute funds research and projects that reduce large-scale risks from powerful technologies, primarily advanced AI (safety, governance, power concentration), plus biotechnology/bio-risk and nuclear weapons. It does not accept unsolicited requests; funding flows through targeted RFPs, contests, collaborations, and recurring PhD and postdoctoral fellowships, with deadlines set per program.1,2,3

Programs

5 programs on file
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FLI Grant Programs
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No dates on file
FLI Technical Postdoctoral Fellowship
0 grants tracked · Active · In rounds
Current cycle: Closed, deadline 2026-01-05
Future of Life Institute Digital Media Accelerator
0 grants tracked · Not recorded · Not recorded
No cadence on file
US-China AI Governance PhD Fellowship
0 grants tracked · Active · In rounds
No 2026 dates
Vitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
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Awards

75 on file
Showing 26-50 of 75, newest dated evidence first
  1. Center for Humane Technology
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$500,000.00
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  2. Centre for Long-Term Resilience
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$769,000.00
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  3. Collective Intelligence Project
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$150,000.00
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  4. Dorsa Sadigh (Stanford University) - Safe Learning and Verification of Human-AI Systems
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$250,000.00
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  5. Dr. Peter S. Park (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin Postdoctoral Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2023)
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  6. Ekdeep Singh Lubana
    ProgramVitalik Buterin Postdoctoral Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2024)
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  7. Encode
    Program2024 Grants (Institutional Grants)
    Amount$250,000.00
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  8. Erik Jenner (UC Berkeley)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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  9. Erik Jones (UC Berkeley)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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  10. FAR AI, Inc.
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$1,858,000.00
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  11. Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
    Program2024 Grants (Institutional Grants)
    Amount$1,500,000.00
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  12. Foresight Institute
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$290,000.00
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  13. Foresight Institute (Existential Hope project)
    Program2022 Grants
    Amount$1,000,000.00
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  14. Improve the News Foundation
    Program2021 Grants
    Amount$3,250,000.00
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  15. International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI)
    Program2024 Grants (Institutional Grants)
    Amount$1,850,000.00
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  16. James Miller (Smith College) - Utility Functions: A Guide for Artificial General Intelligence Theorists
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$78,289.00
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  17. Jared Moore (Stanford University)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2025)
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  18. Johannes Treutlein (UC Berkeley)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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  19. Jose Hernandez-Orallo (University of Cambridge) - Paradigms of Artificial General Intelligence and Their Associated Risks
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$220,000.00
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  20. Josh Tenenbaum (MIT) - Reverse Engineering Fair Cooperation
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$150,000.00
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  21. Kayo Yin (UC Berkeley)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2023)
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  22. Luke Bailey (Stanford University)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2024)
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  23. Marcus Hutter (Australian National University) - The Control Problem for Universal AI: A Formal Investigation
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$276,000.00
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  24. Nandi Schoots (Oxford University)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin Postdoctoral Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2024)
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  25. Nisan Stiennon (UC Berkeley - Center for Human-Compatible AI / CHAI)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin Postdoctoral Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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Programs
75
Awards
72
Grantees
$22.2M
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0
Current rounds
4
Active programs
Active
Status
Focus Areas

AI safety / existential safety, AI governance, AI-driven power concentration, biotechnology / bio-risk, nuclear weapons risk, militarized / autonomous weapons, AI and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

CadenceNot a rolling open call. FLI publishes Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Contests on a regular but irregular basis, plus recurring PhD/postdoctoral fellowships.
Sources
  1. futureoflife.org/our-work/grantmaking-work
  2. futureoflife.org/grant-program/2023-grants
  3. futureoflife.org/grant-program/phd-fellowships