314 Action


314 Action is a nonprofit political action committee that seeks to elect scientists in the United States.

Mission

The mission of 314 Action is to connect people with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math to the skills and funding needed for a successful political campaign.

Founding

The organization was founded in 2016 by researcher Shaughnessy Naughton. Naughton is a business owner and a chemist who ran for Congress in Pennsylvania.

Name

The group gets its name from pi, a mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14.