Cohort 1
Anonymous (Eastern Europe writer)
Anonymous grant for writing in Eastern Europe.
Topos House
Pledged grant to San Francisco's Topos House, conditional on finding a 'social science prodigy'.
18-year-old economics prodigy (anon)
Travel grant to meet with rationality community members.
Mark Lutter
Center for Innovative Governance Research, on charter cities and creating a new charter city.
Harshita Arora
To help her pursue work in brain science, including brain-computer interfaces.
Leonard Bogdonoff
Scrape Instagram and create a searchable concordance of street art around the world.
Juan Pablo Villarino
'The world's greatest hitchhiker' — travel and conference grant.
Ben Southwood
Support for writing and research on why progress in science has slowed down.
Eric Lofgren
To develop the skills to become the nation's leading public intellectual on defense procurement.
Gaurav Venkataraman
Two-year pledge to support his doctoral work on the idea of RNA-based memory.
Joy Buchanan
Research on why people become entrepreneurs using experimental economics.
Michael Sonnenschein
Research to reform and improve the Haitian lottery system.
Stefan Roots
An online and paper newspaper to cover local news in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Jeffrey Clemens
To develop his online writing in economics.
Kelly Smith
To further extend and organize a parent-run charter school system in Arizona, Prenda.
David Perell
Support for his work in podcasting and social media.