April 2019: Long-Term Future Fund grants and recommendations

Abstract

This work is a list of grants and recommendations, including rejected proposals, made by the Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF) after reviewing several proposals from a broad range of teams and organizations in 2019. Following a multi-stage selection process, 21 grants were selected with a total amount distributed of $875K. An additional $150K were distributed to the CFAR foundation as an unrestricted donation. The grants were chosen based on their potential impact on the long-term future of humanity. Key factors considered were the recipient’s quality of judgment, competence and alignment with the LFFT mission. A number of promising grants were rejected as a result of funding limitations and other considerations. – AI-generated abstract.