Kumar Garg

Renaissance Philanthropy selected as Prospective Awardee by Japan Cabinet Office (CAO) to Launch ASCENT Program — Renaissance Philanthropy – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and ... Renaissance Philanthropy has been selected, as prospective awardee, to support ambitious R&D programs in Japan. If awarded, Renaissance Philanthropy will work to train visionary science leaders, d...

Our team is coming out to Japan this November in case folks have recommendations on people they should meet.

More on the work we are doing there: www.renaissancephilanthropy.org/news-and-ins...

This initiative recently announced by @kumargarg.bsky.social aims to fund solutions to help people and agencies navigate the new pressures that will come into effect on public benefit systems:
www.publicbenefitinnovationfund.org/summer-2025-...

UPDATE: Given passage of the new tax law (and implications for SNAP, Medicaid, and other benefits), under Cassandra Madison's leadership, we wanted to move quickly to get this call-for-proposals out the door.

Send us your ideas: www.publicbenefitinnovationfund.org/summer-2025-...

Our President, @kumargarg.bsky.social, joined Alex Kotran on the new aiEDU podcast to explore how AI can be implemented as a public and social good.

Dr. Alex Dehgan Joins Renaissance Philanthropy to Address Fire in the Amazon – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation

UPDATE: Excited to have Alex Deghan join our team to scope a philanthropic fund addressing fire in the Amazon.

And he is eager for ideas. renaissancephilanthropy.org/news-and-ins...

UPDATE: Renaissance Philanthropy is a year old. I am hugely proud of the team and all of what we have accomplished. renaissancephilanthropy.org/wp-content/u...

Always fun to reflect on one’s career journey - only makes sense in retrospect.

We continue to build out our library of playbooks - tell us what you think and what you recommend adding.

UPDATE: So excited about our new partnership with the Schultz Family Foundation to build more public AI benchmarks in career navigation.

1/ As mathematics grows more complex, it's critical to verify what we prove, and iterate quickly to push the boundaries of our knowledge. AI-powered methods may be the key to do just that.

UPDATE: So excited to announce our newest program.

Using a 15-week cohort model, goal is help more scientists design the type of ambitious research programs that were critical to advancements such as the Internet or mRNA vaccines.

We plan to do multiple cohorts this year (info below).

One is our goals at Renaissance is to open-source our problem-solving approach. Releasing these playbooks is part of that.

Worth reading this one and checking out the full collection.

Public Benefit Innovation Fund – PBIF The Public Benefit Innovation Fund is a philanthropic venture fund and R&D lab. We provide seed funding and technical support for researchers, nonprofits, academic labs, startups, and technologists wo...

At Renaissance Philanthropy, we are so excited to partner with and announce the launch of the Public Interest Innovation Fund. With $20M in initial funding, the goal is to responsibly leverage advancements in AI towards strengthening the social safety net. More: www.publicbenefitinnovationfund.org

Worth checking out. Short pre-proposals due tomorrow (Friday)!

Such a cool idea, and necessary to catalyze data sharing.

www.freelancer.com/contest/NIH-...

Worth a read. I was excited to support this workshop by @ruxandrabio.bsky.social and Willy alongside @ifp.bsky.social, and eager to help more of these reform ideas get traction in 2025.

Giving early funding to Lucia remains one of my highest ROI grants. If you are looking for your next thing, hard to beat this team and mission.

Agree. Building these real-world benchmarks (eg career navigation, or a benefits eligibility question) is also a good way to incentivize the frontier labs to improve on those tasks.

Great listen from two of my fave people.

And you can learn more about why Tom and I started Renaissance Philanthropy.

If you want people to obtain more health care services you can’t just mess around with financing, you need to address the barriers to supply.

www.slowboring.com/p/end-the-me...

This was fun. Good overview of our work and new program on AI, learning science, and education.

Recommend people digging in.

Innovation job market papers round up! Over the last week, I found 50+ papers from PhDs going on the job market and I’ll post a few abstracts to this thread every day until they’re all up.

Great to have Terry as an advisor for the Fund.

Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets Launch New $9 million AI for Math Fund – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation

UPDATE: I’m excited to announce a new partnership between Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets to accelerate the use of AI in math research. Learn more here: renaissancephilanthropy.org/news-and-ins...

Came up all the time among parents of HS-age children. Was surprised it never entered the political debate.

Entrepreneurship Game Give learners the experience of running a high growth startup

Wonder what @emollick.bsky.social thinks. interactive.wharton.upenn.edu/organization...

Innovation Job Market Papers 2023 Dozens of paper abstracts

We’re doing this again! If you’re a PhD student going on the job market and want your innovation-related paper to be included in the list, email a title, abstract, and link to matt@newthingsunderthesun.com by the end of November
mattsclancy.substack.com/p/innovation...