Center on Long-Term Risk
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your work is research into s-risks, harmful AI propensities or AI cooperation failures, it matches the CLR Fund's stated priorities, and the Fund says it is most interested in people who want to contribute research to those areas.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and the Summer Research Fellowship opens in March each year.
- The CLR Fund does not fund the Center on Long-Term Risk or its affiliated projects, and it does not cover indirect costs above 10% of direct costs, so budget with that cap in mind.
- The source does not say how large a typical request should be or how competitive the decision is, so ask the Fund about these before framing your request.
Overview
Center on Long-Term Risk is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1195079).
The Center on Long-Term Risk is a UK charity that works to address worst-case risks from the development and deployment of advanced AI. It began as a project of the Swiss charity Effective Altruism Foundation before becoming an independent UK charity. Its CLR Fund supports research in its priority areas, with grants to individuals and organisations working to reduce s-risks. In its latest annual report it gives a total of £137,486.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Center on Long-Term Risk makes grants through the CLR Fund to charitable organisations, academic institutions and individuals. It is most interested in people who want to contribute research to its priority areas, and supports work it considers high-quality and relevant to s-risks, whatever the researcher’s background or whether they work in the field now or in the future. Fund managers direct pooled donations towards people and projects they judge will do most to reduce s-risks, particularly those connected with advanced AI, including opportunities individual donors find difficult to fund directly. The organisation's wider work addresses worst-case risks from advanced AI, including harmful propensities in AI systems and cooperation failures between such systems. Its grants also support research efforts outside the organisation.
Themes
- S-risks
- Harmful AI propensities
- AI cooperation failures
What they don't fund
- CLR Fund only: the Center on Long-Term Risk or its affiliated projects; indirect costs (overhead) in excess of 10% of direct costs
How to apply
The CLR Fund evaluates applications on a rolling basis.
Application windows:
- Summer Research Fellowship: Applications open in March; the fellowship runs each summer.
Who can apply:
- CLR Fund
- Recipients may be charitable organizations, academic institutions or individuals.
- For universities and colleges, indirect costs (overhead) may not exceed 10% of direct costs.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The Fund is most interested in people who want to contribute research to its priority areas.
- It is interested in supporting people it believes can do high-quality work relevant to s-risks, now or in the future, regardless of background.
- Fund managers decide by a simple majority.
Where they fund
Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Center on Long-Term Risk.
3 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2022 | £3,375,081 | £1,720,947 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £3,043,328 | £2,007,736 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £2,310,362 | £2,355,759 | £137,486 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- longtermrisk.org/grantmaking · read on 30 October 2026
- longtermrisk.org/about · read on 30 October 2026
- longtermrisk.org/opportunities · read on 30 October 2026
- longtermrisk.org/transparency · read on 30 October 2026
- longtermrisk.org · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2024)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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