May 2025 Newsletter
Hello!
June is here (we’re well into June, actually), and with it comes new chances to learn, connect, and grow within the EA Philippines community. This month’s newsletter is packed with fresh opportunities, inspiring stories, and ways to deepen your impact. Whether you're looking to take the next step in your EA journey or just stay in the loop, there’s something here for you. Let’s get into it!
📣 Highlights
SPOTLIGHT (UPCOMING)
EA Summit: Philippines 2025 will be opening applications on tonight!
Mark your calendars, an Effective Altruism Summit is happening in the Philippines this year! 🇵🇭
The EA Summit: Philippines 2025 is a one day learning and networking event for individuals across the Philippines who are thinking seriously about how they can make the world a better place. It will bring together people from a wide range of fields to explore how evidence, reason, and compassion can guide our efforts toward doing the most good.
This event is open to people who are new to effective altruism, existing members of our local EA community, and any experienced EAs interested in sharing opportunities or providing mentorship!
📆 September 27, 2025
📍 AIM Conference Center, Makati City
📧 For any questions, email us at summit@effectivealtruism.ph
⏰ Applications will open on June 20, 2025, so stay tuned for more updates!
EA Philippines Community Builders Workshop!
Last May 31 to June 1, EA Philippines held their Community Builders Workshop! The workshop aimed to help support budding local organizers by increasing their knowledge, understanding, and confidence in community building. We were joined by 19 participants from EA Blue, EA Taft, EA UPD, EA Davao, and other universities and organizations such as the University of Santo Tomas and University of the Philippines — Los Baños. Thank you to everyone who has attended!
EA Philippines kicked-off its In-Depth Fellowship!
On May 3, EA Philippines launched our In-Depth fellowship, a 7-week program where our eight fellows will engage deeply with EA principles, ideas, and thoughts. We have held four learning sessions so far where we’ve tackled topics such as rationality, criticisms of EA, and addressing bias. We are now on Week 5 of the fellowship and will be concluding the program on June 14.
EA Philippines released its Progress Report and Challenges and Opportunities for Learning Report!
On May 23, EA Philippines officially released our Progress Report for April 2024 to March and our Challenges and Opportunities for Learning Report for December 2023 to March 2025. In these reports, we outline key highlights, successes, and milestones in EA Philippines, along with some of the challenges we encountered and what we have learned from them.
You can view the full reports here and here.
Upcoming: Founding a High-Impact Charity featuring Scale Welfare and Rika Gabriel
Founding a High-Impact Charity ft. Scale Welfare & Rika Gabriel! 🚀🌱
Through this talk, you will learn about the qualities and skills needed to found a high-impact charity.
Hear from founders of a newly incubated animal welfare organization who work with farmers and corporates to identify cost-effective, scalable solutions to reduce suffering for farmed fish in Asia. Listen in on insights from Rika Gabriel on qualities and skills that make a promising charity founder!
Come and join us!
📆 June 28, Saturday from 2-6PM
📍 Quezon City and on Zoom
📌 https://bit.ly/4jFix0w
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to message us through our Facebook Page or through team@effectivealtruism.ph
🇵🇭 Philippine EA: Local News
Our local EA-aligned initiatives and organizations are continuing their tremendous work in doing the most good they can. We’d like to highlight and commend the recent milestones and achievements of the following local EA initiatives:
EA Davao. EA Davao officially launched their Introductory Fellowship last May 17. The fellowship is a four-week program where fellows will have a chance to engage in thoughtful conversations about doing good more effectively and what that could mean for their lives and communities. Congratulations, EA Davao!
Scale Welfare. Scale Welfare is a new charity working to improve farmed fish welfare. They are incubated under Charity Entrepreneurship and have recently opened applications for a field coordinator (applications now closed). They will be beginning their scoping in the Philippines in June!
WhiteBox Research. The second cohort of WhiteBox Research's AI Interpretability Fellowship is coming to a close. They are running their Demo Day on June 1 and June 2 where their cohort members will share 10 research projects covering various aspects of transformer interpretability and evals, with each presentation followed by a short Q&A.
Animal Empathy Philippines. Last May 31, Animal Empathy Philippines participated in Animal Welfare Conference '25 held in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan organized by Tails,Trees & Seas.Org.
⭐️ Opportunities
Upcoming Conferences
EAGxNigeria, 13-15 July 2025 - link
VENUE: Nigerian Airforce Conference Centre and Suites, Abuja
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 June 2025
EAGxBerlin, 3-5 October 2025 - link
Get notified when applications open.
EA Global New York City, 10-12 October 2025 - link
VENUE: Sheraton New York Times Square, New York
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 21st September 2025
EAGxAustralaisa, 28-30 November 2025 - link
VENUE: Melbourne Connect, Melbourne, Australia
Sign up here if you would like to get notified when applications open
EAGxAmsterdam, 12-14 December 2025 - link
VENUE: B. Amsterdam, Johan Huizingalaan 763A, Amsterdam
Sign up here to get notified when applications open
EAGxIndia, 13-14 December 2025 - link
VENUE: India International Centre, New Delhi
Sign up here to get notified when applications open
On the fence about applying to an EA conference? You can learn more about the bar for admissions for EA Globals in this forum post. (To quote the post, “Currently, we suspect that many people who reach the admissions bar are not applying. We want to encourage you to apply!“)
AI for Good Global Summit 2025, July 8–11 2025 - link
VENUE: Geneva or Watch online for free!
Upcoming Programs, Workshops, and Reading Groups
Introductory EA Program by Effective Altruism Virtual Programs - link
START HERE IF YOU’RE NEW TO EA!
Starts July 7
Application deadline: 22nd June 2025 (11:59 pm EDT)
In-Depth EA Program by Effective Altruism Virtual Programs - link
July 7 – August 31 2025
Application deadline: 22nd June 2025 (11:59 pm EDT)
[Self-paced] How to (actually) change the world by Effective Altruism Virtual Programs - link
Learn the foundational ideas of effective altruism in 5- to 10-minute interactive lessons.
Effective Thesis Fellowship: Specialist Track (2-3 months) - link
The Specialist Fellowship is designed for students who want to work directly on research alongside high-impact partners for their final thesis while accelerating their own path toward an impactful career.
Probably Good Career Advising Service - link
Probably Good has relaunched their 1-1 career advising services, after refining their approach and expanding their capacity. The advising is open to people at all career stages who want to have a positive impact across a range of cause areas.
New funding opportunities on digital sentience
Leading researchers in academia and AI companies have raised the possibility that AI models could soon be sentient. The Navigation Fund, Macroscopic Ventures, and Longview Philanthropy are offering funding to research or promote sensible views on the potential consciousness, sentience, moral status, or experiences of AI systems. We invite applications for:
Research fellowships ($55-$125k/year for 1-2 years, research/travel support, compute)
Career transition funding (stipends to pivot into this area)
Apply here by July 9, 2025.
Jobs, Internships, and Volunteering
Fish Welfare Initiative
Water Quality Remote Sensing Lead - link
EA Opportunities Board - link
80,000 Hours Job Board - link
List of Challenges and Prizes Related to Top Problems - link
List of Internship and Residency Programs, Machine Learning / Software Engineering - link
List of Alternative Proteins Opportunities - link
Funding Opportunities - link
Donate
You can make significantly more impact by donating to the best charities. Here are a few recommendations for charity evaluators to choose from:
GiveWell (Cause Area: Global Health & Development)- link
They search for the charities that save or improve lives the most per dollar.Giving What We Can - link
Giving What We Can is a community of effective givers. They inspire people to give more, and give more effectively.The Life You Can Save (Cause Area: Global Health & Development) - link
They offer donors multiple options to make giving as simple and impactful as possible. By contributing to one of their funds, you have the opportunity to empower their research team to direct funds to the most impactful opportunities across their recommended charities.Animal Charity Evaluators (Cause Area: Animal Welfare) - link
By donating to ACE, your support is invested in rigorous charity evaluations, trusted recommendations, and impactful giving opportunities that help animals worldwide.Giving Green (Cause Area: Climate Change) - link
They evaluate climate initiatives across different geographies, sectors, and approaches—from national charities to carbon removal projects to impact investment mechanisms—using rigorous impact evaluation methods. We then make expert recommendations that are scientific, actionable, and transparent.Giving Multiplier - link
Give to both your favorite charity and a super-effective charity recommended by experts. They’ll add to your donations.
📖 Further Reading
Global EA-related news
CEA recently redesigned effectivealtruism.org to improve understanding and perception of effective altruism, and make it easier to take action. Check it out!
Charity Entrepreneurship recently released their impact review, which includes a collection of updates from some of their charities. Read the report post here.
Over the last year and a half, Farmed Animal Funders (FAF) shifted their strategy to leverage their positioning and maximize impact. They recently released a post to update the wider EA community on their work and how you can get involved.
Rethink Priorities recently launched RP Strategic Animal Insights, their new substack designed to bridge the gap between rigorous research and practical application, delivering relevant, actionable insights in an accessible format.