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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
No dates on file

Awards

75 on file
Showing 51-75 of 75, newest dated evidence first
  1. Ought, Inc.
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$358,000.00
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  2. Owain Evans (Oxford University) - Factored Cognition: Amplifying Human Cognition for Safely Scalable AGI
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$225,000.00
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  3. Oxford China Policy Lab
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$252,000.00
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  4. Peter Stone (University of Texas) - Ad hoc Teamwork and Moral Feedback as a Framework for Safe Robot Behavior
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$200,000.00
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  5. Redwood Research Group, Inc.
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$500,000.00
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  6. Samyak Jain (UC Berkeley)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2025)
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  7. Stefano Ermon (Stanford University) - Value Alignment and Multi-agent Inverse Reinforcement Learning
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$100,000.00
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  8. Stephen Casper (MIT)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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  9. Tarbell
    Program2024 Grants (Institutional Grants)
    Amount$150,000.00
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  10. The Anh Han (Teesside University) - Incentives for Safety Agreement Compliance in AI Race
    Program2018 AGI Safety Grant Program
    Amount$224,747.00
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  11. The Elders
    Program2024 Grants (Institutional Grants)
    Amount$294,160.00
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  12. The Future Society
    Program2021 Grants
    Amount$120,000.00
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  13. The Future Society
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$365,000.00
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  14. The University of Chicago (Existential Risk Laboratory / XLab)
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$380,000.00
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  15. University of California at Berkeley (AI Policy Hub)
    Program2022 Grants
    Amount$450,000.00
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  16. University of California at Berkeley (AI Policy Hub)
    Program2023 Grants
    Amount$600,000.00
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  17. University of Cambridge (Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, CSER)
    Program2022 Grants
    Amount$1,000,000.00
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  18. University of Southern California (Hollywood, Health & Society)
    Program2022 Grants
    Amount$170,000.00
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  19. University of Virginia (Prof. Anton Korinek, economics of transformative AI)
    Program2024 Grants (Institutional Grants)
    Amount$109,564.00
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  20. Usman Anwar (University of Cambridge)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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  21. Wise Ancestors
    Program2021 Grants
    Amount$106,000.00
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  22. Wise Ancestors
    Program2022 Grants
    Amount$1,113,685.00
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  23. Xin Cynthia Chen (ETH Zurich)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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  24. Yawen Duan (University of Cambridge)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2023)
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  25. Zhijing Jin (University of Toronto)
    ProgramVitalik Buterin PhD Fellowship in AI Existential Safety (Class of 2022)
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5
Programs
75
Awards
72
Grantees
$22.2M
Known USD
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