SFF's HSEE grant round; human intelligence amplification projects I'd like to see

Summary If you are interested in doing ambitious scientific research in areas listed below, and have a relevant project that needs funding, consider reaching out. My interest is in human intelligence amplification, though I believe that a variety of scientific projects are relevant, many of which are not specifically related to that goal. Some areas, discussed below: Soft questions: Strategy, financing, ethics, policy, governance, society, advocacy Approach-general technical work on understanding and engineering brains and human intelligence Reprogenetics-related projects, including reproductive epigenetics, chromosome engineering, microfluidics, cell engineering, and statistical genetics; see the full list here: "Projects that might help accelerate strong reprogenetics" Brain interfaces Brain cellular/molecular reprogramming Brain gene editing SFF's themed grant round on Human Self-Enhancement and Empowerment This year, the Survival and Flourishing Fund has a themed grant round, called Human Self-Enhancement and Empowerment (HSEE), which is "focused on organizations working to advance human self-enhancement and empowerment" and slated to make $2–4MM in grants this year. See their announcement here, with more information on what they are looking for: https://survivalandflourishing.fund/2026/application#hsee The deadline for the HSEE Theme Round is July 8, 2026 at 11:59:59 PM PT. I'll be a Recommender for the HSEE Theme Round. That means that I and several other Recommenders, together with the Funder, will review and evaluate applications, and then through a collective process called the S-Process, make final recommendations of projects and amounts to fund. I do not have final granting power. Learn about how the S-Process works here: https://survivalandflourishing.fund/s-process See information here https://survivalandflourishing.fund/faq and here https://survivalandflourishing.fund/2026/application#faq-applicants. Be sure to read the instructions carefully to check