Consortium to Reduce Nuclear Dangers Announces First Round of Grant Awards and Welcomes New Partner

New York, NY, January 29, 2026 — The Consortium to Reduce Nuclear Dangers has selected 12 projects for funding from its first open call for proposals. The call drew nearly 500 project applications from organizations and researchers worldwide. The strong response shows significant interest in novel work to reduce nuclear dangers and address emerging nuclear risks.

Following an extremely competitive review process, the consortium selected 12 projects for a total of $5.44 million in funding. The selected projects use diverse approaches and methodologies to advance practical, policy-relevant work on both immediate and long-term nuclear dangers.

The consortium, whose founding members are Founders Pledge, Longview Philanthropy, and PAX sapiens, is also pleased to welcome the Global Challenges Foundation (GCF) as its newest partner. GCF is a Swedish philanthropic foundation dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrophic risks and strengthening global governance to reduce and mitigate these risks, including those posed by nuclear weapons.

Based on the success of the first round, the consortium plans to open a second call for proposals in spring 2026. More information about the second call will be forthcoming in the coming weeks. To subscribe for additional consortium updates, please click here.

Awarded Projects

• The Atlantic Council of the United States
  Preventing the Next Nuclear Crisis: New Tools for Deterrence and Escalation Management
  Total award: $680,000
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Longview Philanthropy, Other Funder(s)
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  Creating a Positive Strategic Agenda Between China and the West
  Total award: $190,000
  Consortium members supporting: Longview Philanthropy, PAX sapiens, Other Funder(s)
• Center for a New American Security
  Preventing Russian Opportunism in a Two-Theater Crisis: A Roadmap to Averting a Plausible Pathway to Nuclear Use
  Total award: $317,500
  Consortium members supporting: Longview Philanthropy, PAX sapiens, Other Funder(s)
• The Council on Strategic Risks
  Three-Part Dialogue to Strengthen the Outer Space Treaty and Deter the Placement of Nuclear Weapons in Space
  Total award: $487,000
  Partners: Geneva Centre for Security Policy and Secure World Foundation
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Longview Philanthropy, Other Funder(s)
• Foreign Policy Research Institute
  Modeling Nuclear Escalation in Orbit
  Total award: $275,000
  Partner: Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
  Consortium members supporting: Longview Philanthropy, PAX sapiens,  Other Funder(s)
• Inter Mediate
  Crisis Channels and Arms Control Pathways in Critical Nuclear Dyads
  Total award: $440,000
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Founders Pledge
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Arms Control Verification of the Outer Space Treaty: Feasibility Study
  Total award: $600,000
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Longview Philanthropy, Other Funder(s)
• New America
  Ctrl-Alt-Deter: Can Deterrence Be Rebooted After Failure?
  Total award: $650,000
  Partners: Reed College and University of California, Berkeley
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Longview Philanthropy, Other Funder(s)
• Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania
  Confidence Building Measures to Reduce Uncertainty in the Future Nuclear Landscape: U.S.-China Competition and Global Risk from Emerging Technologies
  Total award: $385,000
  Consortium members supporting: Longview Philanthropy, PAX sapiens, Other Funder(s)
• Search for Common Ground
  Modeling the Reduction of Nuclear Dangers
  Total award: $450,000
  Partner: CulturePulse
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York
• University of Wisconsin–Madison
  Nuclear War Effects Modeling for Knowledge Production, Nuclear Risk Reduction, and Diplomatic Engagement
  Total award: $491,000
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Longview Philanthropy, PAX sapiens, Other Funder(s)
• Verification Research, Training and Information Centre
  Open Source Estimate of the Chinese Nuclear Program
  Total award: $473,500
  Consortium members supporting: Carnegie Corporation of New York, Longview Philanthropy, Other Funder(s)

To better understand who applied, what they proposed, and how applications were reviewed and selected, the consortium is sharing the data to uphold our commitment to transparency, providing both past and future applicants with key findings that shed light on the decision-making process. Click here to view the report. Lessons from this analysis will inform a clearer and fairer application and review process for the second call for proposals, and will also guide our internal decision-making going forward. We hope that this information helps prospective applicants prepare stronger submissions for the second call later this year.