Some amazing jobs here! Our science and global health R&D team works on funding breakthroughs for neglected, high mortality/morbidity diseases and does a ton of great and interesting work -- see job links in Jacob's thread!
12.11.2025 01:55 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Hiring scientists to give away money
At Open Philanthropy, we have given away $600 million in biomedical research since 2016. That funding has supported the work of thousands of scientists across hundreds of universities, nonprofits, and...
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At Open Philanthropy, we have given away $600M in biomedical research since 2016. Now, we're expanding the team to do more.
We're hiring:
* Up to 3 Senior Program Associates
* Program Officer in strep A
Remote OK, salaries in links! (Thread below)
12.11.2025 01:11 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Challenge accepted. No models: simple over-performance (House - pres) by caucus. This way we don't have to argue over the definition of "moderate". In sum:
Blue Dog > Blue Collar > New Dems > The Squad
Candidates who want to win in tough districts would do well to mimic over-performers.
18.08.2025 13:20 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 4
Deadline to apply to these positions is today! Big opportunity to accelerate growth and progress in housing, energy, clinical trials, and more.
27.07.2025 19:11 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
Whatโs the return on government support for R&D?
To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.
17.06.2025 15:40 โ ๐ 61 ๐ 25 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 12
Are these scores intended to be stationary (comparable across time) or more accurate within a time period?
13.03.2025 13:14 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Exciting update: @open_phil is doubling down on our YIMBY, innovation, and metascience success by launching a >$120m Abundance & Growth Fund to accelerate economic growth and boost scientific & technological progress. Funding from @goodventures.bsky.social, Patrick Collison, and others.
Why now? ๐งต
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Itโs the last day to apply to this very cool position!
01.12.2024 15:08 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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