SFF’s “S-Process” for making grant recommendations
How to apply
The following funding applications may be submitted at any time:
As of 2024, a Speculation Grant request is required to be submitted in addition to application. Applications will be reviewed when a S-Process Grant Round is organized to review them, as announced on the SFF homepage.
To learn how to expedite a funding request before an S-Process Grant Round is concluded, please refer to the Speculation Grant webpage.
How it works
For reviewing funding applications, the SFF team uses an algorithm along with a recurring meeting structure that we call “The S-Process”, co-developed by Andrew Critch, Jaan Tallinn, Oliver Habryka, Kevin Arlin, and Jason Moggridge. “S” stands for “Simulation”, because we use a grant-making simulation app to aid in discussions and final decisions. SFF’s current S-process implementation is managed by SurvivalAndFlourishing.Com.
In each S-Process Grant Round, our funders agree on a set of six “recommenders” to read the incoming grant applications, and the recommenders and funders work together on our grant recommendation app over a series of meetings until SFF’s final recommended grant amounts are decided. Funders always have final say over whether to implement our recommendations. See the following presentation for an illustration of how the app works and some of the philosophy behind it:
The S-Process: A simulation process for multi-funder delegation of public goods funding