The Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $175,423 cooperative agreement to CRDF Global to enhance physical security measures at a high containment laboratory in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo from June 2022 through December 2023. The funding supports the Global Threat Reduction program, which aims to reduce biological threats through securing vulnerable high-containment pathogen stocks. Specifically, the award will enhance physical...
The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation will provide $150,000 through its Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033) to enhance the Georgian Center For Strategy And Development's capacity to respond to asymmetric weapons of mass destruction threats from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. Under the cooperative agreement, GCSD will raise local awareness about nonproliferation norms and highlight the growing threat of state-sponsored assassinations...
CRDF Global will organize and implement relevant engagements for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and Proliferation Security Initiative programs under a $5.158 million cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. The award, made on October 1, 2022 and set to conclude on December 31, 2023, will support the Global Threat Reduction program's efforts to reduce threats posed by terrorist organizations or states of...
The Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $144,967 cooperative agreement to Soter Bioconsulting under the Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033) to support developing high containment laboratory operations and maintenance plans and procedures in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo from October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. As part of the Global Threat Reduction program's efforts to reduce biological threats, this cooperative...
CRDF Global will organize and implement relevant engagements for the SP programs under a $5.2 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. The award is part of the Department's Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033), which supports efforts to reduce threats posed by terrorist organizations or states of concern through cooperative threat reduction initiatives. Under this one-year cooperative agreement running...
The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded King's College London a $137,500 cooperative agreement under the Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033) to conduct workshops from April 2022 through December 2023 aimed at mitigating risks associated with Russian and Chinese nuclear reactor exports and floating nuclear power plant deployments in Southeast Asia, with a focus on the Philippines. The Global Threat Reduction program supports...
Georgetown University will receive $123,895 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033) to map and analyze existing legislative and regulatory frameworks related to biosecurity and biological threat reduction in Africa from a One Health perspective. The project will be performed in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo from October 1, 2022 through December 31,...
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 U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $1,970,774 Project Grant to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) under the Office of the Biological Policy Staff (CFDA 19.334) federal grant program. The grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, supports UNODA's efforts to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention and operationalize the UN Secretary-General's mechanism for investigating alleged use of...
The Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded Dynamis, Inc. a $205,081 cooperative agreement under the Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033) to strengthen the chemical supply chain in Macaristan. Dynamis will train and equip regulatory, emergency management, and enforcement officials to map and track in-country and transiting chemical assets through December 2023. The Global Threat Reduction program aims to reduce threats from terrorist...