Open Philanthropy
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Open Philanthropy's mission is to help others as much as we can with the resources available to us.
The Abundance and Growth Fund at Open Philanthropy is hiring! We’re looking for 2-4 people to help expand this new $120+ million program to accelerate economic growth and reduce the cost of living through strategic grantmaking and research. (1/4) openphilanthropy.org/research/annou…
My critical replication of a study of childhood vaccination and adult wages in India is final & effectively published Thread: x.com/davidroodman/s… Free pub: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…
My new, short write-up about a flaw in a recent study finding that India’s universal vaccination program boosted future wages of babies who got the shots: arxiv.org/abs/2401.11100 1/
What’s the return on government support for R&D? To try to get a credible answer, @open_phil and @SloanFoundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal. Today, we’re inviting organizations to bid on a five-year contract to…
Proud @open_phil could support this work (grant by @phytophile!) Repurposing existing drugs + making structural improvements using AlphaFold/other new computational tools increasingly looking like a powerful double-punch in several areas of medicine. news-medical.net/news/20250613/…
New podcast alert! Hard Drugs - a collaboration between @JacobTref at Open Phil and @salonium at @WorksInProgMag. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/show/7CgKi9lO8…
LAUNCH DAY 🚀 Today I’m launching a new podcast, Hard Drugs, with Jacob Trefethen (@JacobTref) Our first episode is about lenacapavir — a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and which could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide.…
Some diseases receive *much* less R&D spending than others relative to how much harm they cause. Strep A and Hep C vaccines look like they should be getting a lot more investment. x.com/calebwatney/st…
important analysis from @JacobTref and Rafael Dib openphilanthropy.org/research/a-qua…
This is so cool. I’m pleased to share version 1.0 of our new dashboard for displaying data from our wastewater metagenomic project. This is a collaborative projected between MU, U. Wisc @dho, and SecureBio; funded by Inkfish and Open Philanthropy. 1/ lungfish-science.github.io/wastewater-das…
Excited that @mattsclancy will be permanently leading Open Phil's Abundance and Growth Fund. Matt has been leading the program on an interim basis since we announced it in February, and I can't wait to see what he accomplishes going forward.
Exciting update: @open_phil is doubling down on our YIMBY, innovation, and metascience success by launching a >$120m Abundance & Growth Fund to accelerate economic growth and boost scientific & technological progress. Funding from @GoodVentures, @patrickc, + others. Why now? 🧵
We’re hiring for an associate to join our business immigration team! Apply by June 18 to be considered. jobs.ashbyhq.com/openphilanthro… Please share widely — we’ll offer you a reward if you refer someone we hire. openphilanthropy.slab.com/public/posts/o…
Apply by June 8 to be considered!
Open Philanthropy's grantmaking team on AI safety and security is hiring again. Please apply to come make our work smarter and more impactful! jobs.ashbyhq.com/openphilanthro…