EA - Animal Welfare Fund: April 2022 grant recommendations by kierangreig

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Animal Welfare Fund: April 2022 grant recommendations, published by kierangreig on August 25, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Introduction The Animal Welfare Fund made the following grants in March and April 2022: Total grants: $2,215,000 Number of grantees: 25 Acceptance rate (excluding desk rejections): 29% Payout date: March - April, 2022 Report authors: Kieran Greig (Chair), Alexandria Beck, Karolina Sarek, Marcus Davis, Mikaela Saccoccio The three primary areas we granted to in this round were: Large-scale and neglected animal populations (for instance, farmed fish). Large-scale and neglected geographies (for instance, work in medium or large Asian countries). Exploratory work regarding policy and/or alternative proteins (for instance, attempting to secure government funding for research and development of alternative proteins). Would you like to get funded? Apply for funding. Highlights Notable grants for this round included: Anonymous($185,000): This grant will support piloting a new fellowship program to help address talent bottlenecks in Southeast Asia. We think the leaders of this program are thoughtful, aligned individuals with impressive track records. Southeast Asia is one of the areas that we’re particularly excited about further work in, because it is a highly neglected area for farmed animal advocacy. We believe this fellowship program could become key infrastructure for scaling work in this region in the future. Australian Alliance for Animals ($50,000): Initial seed funding for a new organization to unite the Australian animal protection sector with the aim of increasing its political influence. This seed grant supports some very experienced and aligned advocates in transitioning into a full-time Australian policy/advocacy group. We believe this is particularly valuable because policy will be an area of significant growth for the movement. Shrimp Welfare Project ($45,000): This will support a relatively new group to work with farmers and the rest of the supply chain in India and Vietnam to improve farmed shrimp welfare. There is no other animal welfare group explicitly focused on shrimp. This could eventually impact upwards of several billion shrimp every year. Grant recipients In addition to the grants described below, 1 grant (totalling $42,000) have been excluded from this report at the request of their applicants. See below for a list of grantees' names, grant amounts, and brief grant descriptions: Wild Animal Initiative ($400,000): General operating expenses to cultivate an academic field dedicated to wild animal welfare. Rethink Priorities ($250,000): Support for wild animal welfare and invertebrate welfare research for a year. Anonymous ($185,000): A year’s funding to continue the capacity-building work through the pilot Southeast Asia Farm Animal Welfare Fellowship. Cambridge Effective Altruism CIC ($130,000): Funding for Cambridge EA's alt-protein field-building efforts for a year. Africa Network for Animal Welfare ($105,000): Campaigns against battery cages in East Africa and researching the state of caged chicken farming in West Africa. Animal Alliance Asia ($100,000): Culture-specific workshops for animal welfare advocates to increase efficacy in Asia. Çiftlik Hayvanlarını Koruma Derneği (Farm Animals Protection Association) ($100,000): A year’s salary for new hires and other costs to increase capacity for cage-free campaigns and fish welfare outreach in Turkey. Insect Welfare Project (temporary name) ($100,000): Launch lobbying, investor and producer campaigns in insect farming and to slow the growth of this sector. CellAg Germany ($98,000): 1-year salary for a general manager of CellAg Germany to accelerate cellular agriculture through policy work & services. Eurogroup for Animals ($96,000): Funding staff to hinder EU deregulatio...