Grants to Support Reducing Nuclear Dangers 2026

🌍 About the Opportunity

This funding opportunity supports projects that address nuclear dangers by strengthening risk understanding, governance, and strategic mitigation. The program encourages innovative approaches that enhance decision-making, transparency, and institutional capacity to reduce global nuclear threats.

🎯 Benefits

The consortium offers two funding tiers:

Small Grants

• Funding Range: $50,000–$200,000 (up to two years)
• Purpose:
  • Supports focused, time-bound efforts to test, refine, or advance promising approaches to reducing nuclear risk.
  • Eligible projects may pilot new ideas, explore emerging challenges where existing work remains limited, or develop targeted solutions with clear pathways to impact.
  • Encourages thoughtful experimentation within this tier.

Large Grants

• Funding Range: $200,000–$1,000,000 (up to three years)
• Purpose:
  • Supports larger, multi-year efforts that demonstrate scale, feasibility, and a clear pathway from activities to meaningful reductions in nuclear risk.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

• Submissions are welcomed from:
  • Think tanks
  • University-based centers
  • Independent NGOs
  • Individual researchers
  • Equivalent institutions
• Collaborative applications are strongly encouraged when well-aligned and complementary. Collaborative proposals should clearly designate a lead organization responsible for grant delivery and reporting.
• Early-career and mid-career applicants are encouraged to apply, particularly under the small-grant tier if they apply as individuals.

📅 Application Date and Process

• Application Deadline: 29 May, 2026
• Applicants are encouraged to visit the application website to apply.

📌 Contact Information

For further details, visit the official Carnegie Corporation of New York website or contact the organization directly.

• Small Grants: $50,000–$200,000 (up to two years)
  • Small grants support focused, time-bound efforts to test, refine, or advance promising approaches to reducing nuclear risk. Eligible projects may pilot new ideas, explore emerging challenges where existing work remains limited, or develop targeted solutions with clear pathways to impact. The consortium encourages thoughtful experimentation within this tier.
• Large Grants: $200,000–$1,000,000 (up to three years)
  • These grants support larger, multi-year efforts that demonstrate scale, feasibility, and a clear pathway from activities to meaningful reductions in nuclear risk.