Cooperative Agreement SBG30017CA007

The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) will deliver training and resources to address hate crimes through a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2022 under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047). Over a three-year period concluding September 30, 2025, ICSVE will train law enforcement, community stakeholders, and victim...

This Project Grant award of $250,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social and Economic Science was provided to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research exploring methods for signaling to human users when a video has been manipulated or entirely constructed using deepfake technology. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant include: Assessing the effectiveness of three different methods for visually alerting users...

The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to CRDF Global to establish a foundational weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorism investigations capability for Bangladesh's Anti-Terrorism Unit and related stakeholders. Under the Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033), CRDF Global will deliver technical assistance, training, and equipment from September 30, 2022 through March 29, 2024 to strengthen Bangladesh's...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $987,540 to Accountability Lab under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to create an informed civil society and support at-risk groups in Bangladesh from September 2022 through September 2024. The award will fund projects to operate without threats of censorship, harassment, and violence for youth, journalists, civil society organizations, women,...

The Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs has awarded a $550,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Jaago Foundation, a Bangladesh-based non-profit organization, to support the operation and management of the Edward M. Kennedy Center (EMK Center) in Bangladesh from FY2023 through FY2024. The funding, provided under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), supports the EMK Center's role in delivering cultural and educational programming to advance U.S. public diplomacy...

The Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism awarded a $493,827 Project Grant to the Online Harms Foundation through the Global Counterterrorism Programs (CFDA 19.701) to expand the terrorist content analytics platform and facilitate improved identification and assessment of potential terrorist content online from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The Global Counterterrorism Programs aim to prevent, disrupt, investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate terrorism while bolstering civilian...

The National Science Foundation awarded The Washington University a $318,469 project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to conduct collaborative research on interpersonal pathways to radicalization and deradicalization from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2025. The university will analyze social media data from seven platforms to examine how extremist leaders radicalize followers through informational and affective interpersonal communication. It will...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,654 project grant to BBC Media Action under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The goal of the project is to combat discrimination and intolerance on the basis of religion by confronting online hate speech and promoting positive narratives of social inclusion in media designed and created by adolescent girls and young women in Myanmar. The...

The Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $163,842 Cooperative Agreement to the Jaago Foundation, a Bangladesh-based non-profit organization, to support the operation and management of the Edward M. Kennedy (EMK) Center in Bangladesh for Fiscal Year 2023. This award, made under the CFDA 19.040 Public Diplomacy Programs, will fund the EMK Center's role in supporting U.S. public diplomacy efforts through cultural and educational programming. Key activities...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate awarded a $1,490,000 Project Grant to Moonshot CVE USA Inc. under the Homeland Security, Research, Testing, Evaluation, and Demonstration of Technologies (CFDA 97.108) program. This two-year research program is designed to enhance understanding of the trends, nature, causes, and correlates of terrorism and targeted violence in the United States. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) a comprehensive...