Grants
ARC provides a combination of direct grants and support for partnerships to address catastrophic climate risks.
ARC provides grants and support at three levels:
Seed Grants
ARC’s Seed grants will provide early-stage funding to catalyze promising ideas addressing catastrophic climate risks.
ARC Seed grants support promising ideas with exploratory efforts, scoping studies, concept development, early-stage research, and small pilot projects, to help develop and refine innovative concepts or unblock initial barriers.
Timeline: ARC Seed grants are provided for 3-6 month engagements.
Grant Amount: ARC’s Seed grants generally provide $30–100K in funding as well as deep engagement on project design and strategy.
Turn your climate ideas into actionable programs.
Apply for a Seed Grant.
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Inland Sea Reflooding
Amir AghaKouchak
2024–2025
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Tracking Tropospheric Sulphur
Colleen Golja, Christina Last, Carla Roesch
2025
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Undercurrent
Kelly Kinetic, Shaun Kinetic, Lauren Murray, Lea Eaton
2025
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Enhancing Global South Capacity to Address Climate Emergencies
Rose Mutiso
2025
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Planning for Catastrophic Climate Risk
Luke Kemp
2025
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Carbon Removal as a National Security Imperative
Noah Deich
2025
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AI-Powered Social Science for Climate Emergencies Research
Allegra Cohen
2025
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The Arctic Climate Emergency Response (ACER) Initiative
Charlotte DeWald
2025
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The Climate Emergencies Resilience Lab
Deep Sciences Ventures
2025
Build Grants
ARC’s Build grants will enable leaders to turn promising concepts into actionable programs.
ARC Build grants support the development of independent organizations or partnerships with existing entities, focusing on activities such as program planning, roadmapping, early implementation, and organizational development.
Timeline: ARC Build grants are provided for 6-month to 1-year engagements.
Grant Amount: ARC’s Build grants generally provide $100-400k in funding as well as strategic and operational support, and a variety of technical expertise.
Turn your climate ideas into actionable programs.
Apply for a Build Grant.
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Arête Glacier Initiative
Brent Minchew, Lauren Mahle
2024–2025
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The Arctic Climate Emergency Response (ACER) Initiative
Charlotte DeWald
2025
Scale Partners
ARC’s Scale grants will empower our partner organizations to achieve significant impact by advancing key program objectives.
ARC’s Scale Partnerships provide targeted support to help organizations working on challenges aligned with ARC’s mission to enhance their efforts addressing climate risks.
In addition to resources, we offer technical expertise, strategic guidance for organizational growth and research, and hands-on support in fundraising and partnership development. By working closely with our partners, we ensure that promising initiatives are well-positioned to succeed and grow.
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Reflective
Dakota Gruener, Doug MacMartin
2024–2025
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Arête Glacier Initiative
Brent Minchew, Lauren Mahle
2024–2025