We’re hoping to set the Open Philanthropy Project’s initial priorities within scientific research this year. That means being in a place roughly comparable to where we currently are on U.S. p...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/05/06/our-updated-agenda-for-science-philanthropy/
We’ve tried to approach scientific research funding – focusing initially on life sciences – by looking for gaps and deficiencies in the current system for supporting scientific research. We...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/04/21/science-policy-and-infrastructure/
We’ve been looking for gaps in the world of scientific research funding: areas that the existing system doesn’t put enough investment into, leaving potential opportunities to do unusually lar...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/04/14/breakthrough-fundamental-science/
As we’ve looked for potential gaps in the world of scientific research funding – focusing for now on life sciences – we’ve come across many suggestions to look at the “valley of death�...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/04/09/translational-science-and-the-valley-of-death/
A major goal of the Open Philanthropy Project is to explore the topic of scientific research funding, starting with life sciences. This post discusses the process we’ve used so far, including s...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/03/26/investigating-neglected-goals-in-scientific-research/
We’ve continued to look into scientific research funding for the purposes of the Open Philanthropy Project. This hasn’t been a high priority for the last year, and our investigation remains ...
https://blog.givewell.org/2015/02/27/the-path-to-biomedical-progress/
As noted previously, I’ve been investigating the question: How does the “good accomplished per dollar” of life sciences funding compare to that of other giving options (such as LLIN distri...
https://blog.givewell.org/2014/01/15/returns-to-life-sciences-funding/
As noted previously, I’ve been exploring the question, “What are the best opportunities for funders aiming to contribute to progress in life sciences (i.e., biology and medicine)?” This po...
https://blog.givewell.org/2014/01/07/exploring-life-sciences-funding/
One of our priorities over the last few months has been to learn, broadly speaking, about scientific research and the role philanthropy can play in it. Along with political advocacy (which we’...
https://blog.givewell.org/2013/12/26/scientific-research-funding/
We previously wrote about a decision to complete a “medium-depth investigation” of the cause of open science: promoting new ways of producing, sharing, reviewing, and evaluating scientific r...
https://blog.givewell.org/2013/07/11/our-landscape-of-the-open-science-community/