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JPAL, European Research Council, The Gates Foundation, and GiveWell each provided funding towards four papers.The NIH and the Wellcome Trust provided funding supporting three papers each40 other organizations, ranging from Agence Nationale de la Recherche to Yale International Growth Center provided funding supporting one paper each.
Who funded research evaluated by The Unjournal?
The Unjournal’s work has been funded by The Survival and Flourishing fund (our largest grantor), as well as the Long Term Future Fund, the The Effective Altruism Infrastructure fund, and a few individual donations. We are approaching our six month runway and actively seeking new sources of funding, sponsorships, and .
The Unjournal team nominates and votes on research to commission for evaluation based largely on its potential for global impact. We discuss some of our considerations
.So who funds the research The Unjournal chose to evaluate, and why did we want to know this?
Mainly, so we can contact the research directors and grant-makers at these organizations and make sure that they are aware of this feedback. We want to help them be even more evidence-driven. We want to help them understand the results of their funding. They may want to know whether the research they are paying for is seen as credible and promising by other experts in that specific area, particularly if they are using this to set policy and make recommendations. We provide a faster and clearer feedback loop relative to traditional academic journal peer-review.
We also want to know – and share – information about what organizations tend to fund research that seems to have the most potential for impact, at least as judged by The Unjournal team. This can help researchers and managers decide which institutions to work at, where to seek support, etc.
Results
Below, we give a table of 46 organizations, government bodies, and university centers that we believe funded one or more of the over 50 papers we have commissioned for evaluation. You can see all the evaluation packages, including ratings, multiple reports, author responses, and manager synthesis at .
As of our 26 Sep 2025 records:
(27 Sep 2025: The table below is dynamically updated, but the text above is hard-coded for now.)
We compiled this using both Crossref (DOI dynamic lookup) and LLM tools. Please let us know if you see errors. In some cases, the funding was provided indirectly, and many research projects have multiple funders. Many other projects have no listed funder. The researchers’ time, money to hire RA’s, travel expenses, etc. is often (mostly?) covered directly by the university or institution they work for.
Organizations funding research evaluated by The Unjournal
Research funded, evaluated by The Unjournal
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Org. url "About us"
Papers funded
Research funded, evaluated by The Unjournal
Org category
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL)
4
Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
Selecting the Most Effective Nudge: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Immunization
Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries
Cash Transfers for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India
GH&D research/think tank/institute
European Research Council
4
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions
Pharmaceutical Pricing and R&D as a Global Public Good
Population ethical intuitions.
Long term cost-effectiveness of resilient foods for global catastrophes compared to artificial general intelligence safety
National/International Funding Body
Gates foundation
4
Universal Basic Income: Short-Term Results from a Long-Term Experiment in Kenya
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana’s Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress
Economic vs. Epidemiological Approaches to Measuring the Human Capital Impacts of Infectious Disease Elimination
Cash Transfers for Child Development: Experimental Evidence from India
Mainstream granter/charity
GiveWell
4
Universal Basic Income: Short-Term Results from a Long-Term Experiment in Kenya
Water Treatment and Child Mortality: Evidence from Kenya
Intergenerational Child Mortality Impacts of Deworming: Experimental Evidence from Two Decades of the Kenya Life Panel Survey
How Much Would Reducing Lead Exposure Improve Children’s Learning in the Developing World?
GH&D research/think tank/institute
National Institute of Health (NIH) USA
3
Population ethical intuitions.
Stagnation and Scientific Incentives
Intergenerational Child Mortality Impacts of Deworming: Experimental Evidence from Two Decades of the Kenya Life Panel Survey
National/International Funding Body
Wellcome Trust Wellcome Leap
3
Population ethical intuitions.
Accelerating Vaccine Innovation for Emerging Infectious Diseases via Parallel Discovery
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana’s Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress
Mainstream granter/charity
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
1
The Governance Of Non-Profits And Their Social Impact: Evidence From A Randomized Program In Healthcare In DRC
National/International Funding Body
AidData
1
Irrigation Strengthens Climate Resilience: Long-term Evidence from Mali using Satellites and Surveys
EA/adjacent research/funding org
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
1
When Celebrities Speak: A Nationwide Twitter Experiment Promoting Vaccination In Indonesia
National/International Funding Body
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions
National/International Funding Body
Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA)
1
Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
GH&D research/think tank/institute
Chae Family Economics Research Fund
1
The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global vs. Local Temperature
Mainstream granter/charity
Conservation international
1
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions
Mainstream granter/charity
Dioraphte Sint Antonius Stichting Foundation
1
Water Treatment and Child Mortality: Evidence from Kenya
Mainstream granter/charity
Effective Altruism Global Health and Development Fund
1
How Much Would Reducing Lead Exposure Improve Children’s Learning in the Developing World?
EA/adjacent research/funding org
Ford Foundation
1
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana’s Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress
Mainstream granter/charity
Forecasting Research Institute
1
Economic vs. Epidemiological Approaches to Measuring the Human Capital Impacts of Infectious Disease Elimination
EA/adjacent research/funding org
French National Research Agency (ANR)
1
The Governance Of Non-Profits And Their Social Impact: Evidence From A Randomized Program In Healthcare In DRC
National/International Funding Body
Give Directly
1
Universal Basic Income: Short-Term Results from a Long-Term Experiment in Kenya
Charity (GH&D)
Henry Crown Institute of Business Research
1
The Effect of Public Science on Corporate R&D
University/University Center
Innovations for Poverty Action
1
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana’s Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress
GH&D research/think tank/institute
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
1
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Ghana’s Rural Poor Is Effective Regardless of Baseline Mental Distress
GH&D research/think tank/institute
International Growth Centre
1
Selecting the Most Effective Nudge: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Immunization
GH&D research/think tank/institute
Investissements d’Avenir (LabEx Ecodec)
1
The Governance Of Non-Profits And Their Social Impact: Evidence From A Randomized Program In Healthcare In DRC
University/University Center
Israel Science Foundation
1
The Effect of Public Science on Corporate R&D
National/International Funding Body
Jody & John Arnhold
1
Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
Mainstream granter/charity
Mind Brain Behavior Initiative
1
The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression, Beliefs, and Economic Outcomes
University/University Center
MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
1
Accelerating Vaccine Innovation for Emerging Infectious Diseases via Parallel Discovery
University/University Center
NASA Earth Science (SMD)
1
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions
National/International Funding Body
National Institute on Aging
1
When do “Nudges” Increase Welfare?
National/International Funding Body
NYU Abu Dhabi
1
The Benefits and Costs of Guest Worker Programs: Experimental Evidence From the India-UAE Migration Corridor
University/University Center
Pershing Square Venture Fund
1
The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression, Beliefs, and Economic Outcomes
Princeton University Grants
1
The Comparative Impact of Cash Transfers and a Psychotherapy Program on Psychological and Economic Well-being
University/University Center
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1
Universal Basic Income: Short-Term Results from a Long-Term Experiment in Kenya
Mainstream granter/charity
SHASS Research Fund
1
The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression, Beliefs, and Economic Outcomes
The Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia University
1
Legalizing Entrepreneurship
University/University Center
US National Science Foundation
1
When do “Nudges” Increase Welfare?
National/International Funding Body
Walton Family Foundation
1
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions
Mainstream granter/charity
Weiss Family Program Fund for Research in Development Economics
1
The Long-Run Effects of Psychotherapy on Depression, Beliefs, and Economic Outcomes
Yale EGC
1
Money (Not) to Burn: Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
University/University Center
Africa Tax Administration Forum
1
Asymmetry in Civic Information: An Experiment on Tax Participation among Informal Firms in Togo
IUCN Bonn Challenge
1
Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions
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