Request for proposals: Help Open Philanthropy quantify biological risk

Abstract

Open Philanthropy seeks to fund projects aiming to estimate biological risks via base rates and historical data while avoiding information hazards. They encourage proposals for projects involving data collection, threat agnostic analyses, or investigations into aspects that influence risk, such as resource allocation, technical capabilities, and ideological motivations of actors. Specifically mentioned desirable projects include databases on terrorist attacks, forecasts of war risk and WMD use, estimates of resources spent on bioweapons programs, analyses of fads in terrorism, and estimates of leak rates of state secrets. Funded projects could range from small-scale (10-hour commitments) to extensive (4-6+ month endeavors). – AI-generated abstract.