I aim to fund projects in two topics:
1. Evals in general, see e.g. here: https://x.com/MariusHobbhahn/status/1903467097260454330
2. Scheming related work. This can include evals, demos, model organisms, and more.

Broadly speaking, I intend to fund
1. Projects between 1 - 10k USD (higher in rare exceptions)
2. Small independent research projects, top-ups of existing projects, and small exploration grants.
3. Salary and compute if needed

Examples of projects I might fund:
- 3-month exploration grant for a Master's student to build evals using Inspect at 10h a week for $3k with the aim of open sourcing them.
- 2-month full-time independent research project for a model organism that extends any paper that Owain Evans published in the last 2 years.
- 5k compute top-up for an existing project. Quick turnaround needed because of NeurIPS deadline.

If you want to apply, you can either
- Fill out this form and wait for my response: https://forms.gle/DcTbjqdZNjQThyRPA
- Already make a Manifund page and ping me via the above form

I don't intend to spend a lot of time per grant (<5 mins; please make sure your application is very concise). It might also take ~1 week until I respond.