Ploughshares Fund Grant
Ploughshares Fund supports research, advocacy, and innovative projects aimed at reducing nuclear threats and advancing nuclear policy, with an emphasis on diversity, flexibility, and intersectional approaches.
Funder: Ploughshares Fund
Due Dates: September 1, 2026 (Full application, Fall 2026 Board grant cycle closes)
Funding Amounts: Discretionary grants up to $50,000; board grants may vary — flexible support, amount not explicitly capped.
Summary: Supports organizations and individuals working to reduce nuclear threats, with a focus on diversity, flexibility, and minimal restrictions.
Description
Ploughshares Fund provides grants to individuals and organizations dedicated to reducing nuclear threats and advancing nuclear policy change. Their approach is notably flexible, supporting a wide range of activities including policy advocacy, community building, innovative experiments, and partnerships with intersecting issues such as climate change and racial justice. The fund welcomes applications from international organizations, grassroots lobbying efforts, and individuals, and encourages proposals from women and people from diverse backgrounds. Ploughshares is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) within the nuclear field, and offers optional DEIA-related questions in the application process. Funding for films, videos, and art projects is considered on a case-by-case basis, but scholarships, dissertation/book research, and academic institution overheads are not supported.
