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If you would like to see the EA Organization Updates as soon as they come out, consider subscribing to this tag.

Some of the opportunities and job listings we feature in this update have (very) pressing deadlines: Meridian Cambridge Visiting Researcher Programme (Mar 19),  Chief of Staff at the Good Food Institute India (Mar 21), EA Student Summit: London (Mar 23), and the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program (March 24).  

Opportunities and jobs

Opportunities

Consider also checking opportunities listed on the EA Opportunity Board and the Opportunities to Take Action tag.

  • EA Student Summit: London applications are open! This event is primarily structured to benefit students. We also encourage experienced EAs to attend as mentors, with dedicated time for professional networking among mentors. Applications close on March 23rd.
  • EAGxNordics 2025 is in Oslo this year, and applications are now open (and close on April 8th).
  • EAGxPrague is returning for the first time since 2022, and applications are open (until April 22nd).
  • Impact in Global Development: A Discussion Series is a free 7-week program exploring diverse approaches to impact in global development. Open to professionals and students, it offers virtual and in-person (London) cohorts, and starts in March 2025. Express interest now.
  • Applications for the Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program (CEIP) August 2025 cohorts close on March 24th. Read about the recommended charity ideas for this cohort here, and find out more about the program here.
  • Salt Impact is gauging interest from EA orgs needing support with impact planning, MEL, or Theory of Change. They have a limited number of pro bono slots available; paid projects are prioritised. Express interest now.
  • Effective Accountability is a community offering free weekly accountability groups for job seekers (Mondays) and project work (Fridays). Gain support, set goals, and stay on track. No commitment required: drop in anytime!
  • Meta Charity Funders: 2025 Spring Round is now open – apply for funding by March 30th or join as a donor. Priority areas include impact advising, effective giving, and movement-building in LMICs. Grants awarded start on May 26th.
  • The Meridian Cambridge Visiting Researcher Programme runs in Cambridge, UK, from April 6th to 12th. Transform AI safety ideas into fundable proposals in one week. Fully funded, and open to researchers with AI safety expertise. Apply by March 19th.
  • Help raise public awareness of AI risks and benefits through volunteer opportunities with the AI Safety Awareness Foundation – Join or facilitate an AI Safety Workshop on April 27th in cities across the US. No prior AI knowledge needed.
  • EveryDrop is a new gamified daily giving app. The project seeks support in app development, design, marketing, fundraising, and strategy.
  • Build a Metaculus Forecasting Bot – Learn how to create a forecasting bot in just 30 minutes. Compete for a $30,000 Q1 prize pool and benchmark AI capabilities. No experience needed, just follow the tutorial and start forecasting.

Job listings

​​Consider also exploring jobs listed on the Job listing (open) tag. For even more roles, check the 80,000 Hours Job Board.

Anthropic

Centre for Long-Term Resilience

Impact Ops

Evidence Action

EAGxBerlin 2025

  • Various Roles (Remote / In-person in Berlin, EUR €25–€35/hour, apply by April 27th)

GiveWell

Open Philanthropy

Rethink Priorities

The Good Food Institute

  • Chief of Staff (Hybrid in Mumbai, Delhi, or Bangalore, INR ₹34L–38L, apply by March 21st).

Organization updates

The organization updates are in alphabetical order (T-0-S).

The Good Food Institute

GFI APAC’s new Alternative Protein Career Pathways tool is an interactive and comprehensive guide designed for university students, recent graduates, and career switchers interested in entering the alternative protein field.

The Humane League (THL)

Thanks to pressure from The Humane League (THL), eight global companies reported on their cage-free commitments last month, sparing more than 500,000 hens from cages. Based on the progress made towards their goals, THL estimates they have spared over 750,000 hens from cages.

In addition, Taco John’s, Cracker Barrel, and Panda Express reported progress in sparing hens from suffering in their U.S. supply chains.

The Life You Can Save

Educate Girls and The Life You Can Save are partnering to enroll and educate 7,500 girls in rural India, ensuring they gain access to quality education and the opportunity to shape their own futures. Every donation will be matched 1:1, up to $150,000, doubling the impact and helping to break cycles of poverty, delay child marriage, and empower entire communities. Donate now

80,000 Hours

80,000 Hours released two blog posts answering readers’ career questions:

On The 80,000 Hours Podcast, Rob is closely tracking updates on OpenAI’s attempt to ditch its nonprofit status, with two emergency podcast episodes:

Rob also interviewed Allan Dafoe on why technology is unstoppable & how to shape AI development anyway.

Anima International

Anima International published a new blog post by Keyvan Mostafavi (crossposted on the EA Forum). Keyvan details how his team in France made the difficult decision to shift from their successful meat-reduction program to a new mission of ending cages for egg-laying hens after evaluating where they could have a bigger impact.

The organisation also published a report on the plant-based food industry in Poland, detailing the data, challenges, and opportunities for growth in the sector.

As part of ongoing efforts to introduce a legislative fur farming ban in Poland, Anima International organised an action in front of the Polish Prime Minister’s office. They delivered 8,000 postcards calling for the ban, written by advocates, members of the public, and schoolchildren from across the country. This demonstration highlighted the widespread support for ending an industry responsible for enormous animal suffering. During the accompanying press conference, former British Fur Trade Association CEO Mike Moser – now an anti-fur advocate – also voiced his support for the proposed ban.

In Denmark, Anima International protested at a new McDonald’s location opening, calling attention to the company’s unfulfilled 2020 promise to stop using fast-growing chicken breeds. McDonald’s ranks at the bottom among the country’s major food companies in implementing meaningful animal welfare improvements. Anima International continues the work to ensure the company takes steps to address the suffering of millions of chickens in their supply chain.

Animal Advocacy Careers

Many believe working for an animal charity is the sole way to effect change, but powerful change-makers also exist outside nonprofits. Professionals in food companies, media, law, and academia are achieving significant victories for animals. If you hold a leadership role and possess diverse experience, consider completing the Adjacent roles survey.

Centre for Long-Term Resilience

The Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR) is a UK-based, non-profit think tank dedicated to strengthening global resilience to extreme risks. It advises governments and institutions, particularly the UK government, on biosecurity, AI, and extreme risk management.

CLTR is driven by a team from academia, healthcare, government, and the private sector. They are hiring a Policy and Operations Strategist to help shape their policies on AI and biosecurity risks while ensuring smooth operations that support their mission to safeguard the future.

  • Location: London
  • Salary: £50,000+ (depending on experience) + benefits
  • Deadline: March 30th

If you have experience in policy, risk management, or operations and want to make an impact while driving productivity, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now.

Know someone who’d be a great fit? Refer them here.

Evidence Action

Evidence Action wrote about its plans to advance seven exciting new interventions in 2025, which offer value for money and the potential to achieve transformative health outcomes.

Faunalytics

A new study from Faunalytics and Good Growth Co. explores Gen Z’s attitudes toward animals, climate, and activism across the US, Indonesia, Thailand, and China. Findings reveal strong preferences for eco-friendly products, scepticism about society’s efforts to protect animals and the environment, and a focus on companion and wild animals over farmed animals. The report also highlights key cultural differences, offering valuable insights.

Faunalytics is celebrating their 25th anniversary. Twenty-five years ago, two passionate grassroots activists set out to create lasting change for animals. They founded Faunalytics to leverage research and data to guide advocacy efforts, ensuring resources are directed where they can create the greatest impact for animals. Faunalytics has since grown and evolved alongside the advocacy community, continually adapting to meet its ever-changing needs.

Fish Welfare Initiative

As part of their ongoing R&D push, Fish Welfare Initiative (FWI) recently published an update on their early-stage project to develop pre-slaughter stunning in India. They also continue to focus on their other R&D initiatives, such as feed fortification and the remote sensing of water quality. There are further updates on their blog.

GiveWell

In December, GiveWell approved a $96.3 million grant to the Against Malaria Foundation—the largest single grant in GiveWell’s history. The grant is expected to have major positive impacts beyond what otherwise would have occurred, including:

  • Supporting the procurement and distribution of over 17 million additional insecticide-treated nets in Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Nigeria, and Zambia
  • Providing net coverage to nearly 4 million more young children
  • Preventing over 4 million additional cases of malaria
  • Averting over 21,000 more deaths

GiveWell also published the results from its first grantee survey and an update on moral weights.

Impact Ops

TamperSec is on a mission to secure AI hardware against physical tampering, protecting sensitive models and data from advanced attacks and enabling international governance of AI. TamperSec is growing and looking to expand its capabilities by hiring an Electronic Engineer, Embedded Systems Engineer, and Business Development Lead. For more details, visit the TamperSec careers page!

TamperSec develops secure physical enclosures for AI hardware. Our product prevents nanometer modifications at AI chips, stopping malicious actors from extracting confidential data, stealing AI model weights, or disabling on-chip governance mechanisms.

Our work is mentioned by government bodies, philanthropic funders and leading AI safety researchers. TamperSec is backed by Impact Academy, Survival and Flourishing Fund, Entrepreneur First def/acc and Catalyze Impact.

Noema Research

Noema Research has published an article on virtual diplomacy, which lays out a vision for how technical AI governance may facilitate international coordination. The position piece also includes early empirical results meant to de-risk key components of the proposal and will help orient Noema Research’s work throughout this year.

Open Philanthropy

Open Philanthropy CEO Alexander Berger wrote about their progress in 2024 and plans for 2025. Matt Clancy, who leads Open Philanthropy’s work on Innovation Policy, appeared on the Financial Times podcast to discuss whether innovation is slowing down.

Devex published a visual story on global efforts to reduce lead poisoning, covering the work of Open Philanthropy, the Lead Exposure Action Fund, the Partnership for a Lead-Free Future, and others.

Rethink Priorities

Rethink Priorities will be hosting a Q&A webinar about their open Animal Welfare Senior Researcher role on March 17, 2025, at 5 PM EST / 2 PM PST / 9 PM GMT. Sign up here.

Rethink Priorities has published several research reports useful for:

RP’s Survey and Data Analysis team shared the results of the Meta Coordination Forum (2024) Talent Need Survey as well as part of the EA Survey 2024 focused on demographics.

RP’s researchers have also published opinion pieces on:

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