Cooperative Agreement SLMAQM21CA3202

The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded Nu Borders LLC $802,497 under the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (CFDA 19.901) cooperative agreement to develop an open-source, searchable database of state-linked Chinese entities involved in procurement and theft of sensitive technologies from December 10, 2021 through December 29, 2023. The EXBS Program aims to enhance export controls and border security, and this award will support...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,450,000 two-year Project Grant to the Center For The Cultivation Of Technology Gemeinnuetzige GMBH through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The purpose of this Project Grant award is to increase public access to information censored within China and use data on information preferences to improve civil society outreach strategies in the...

The Center for Advanced Defense Studies, Inc. was awarded a $740,740 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor to promote increased transparency in Hong Kong. The grant was awarded on September 6, 2022 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) and aims to ensure Hong Kong civil society and media have the tools, skills, and access to data to conduct investigations and advocacy that...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,030,000 Project Grant to combat Chinese Communist Party repression of Uyghur and minority communities inside and outside of Xinjiang. The grant falls under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted programs addressing human rights abuses and supporting open political spaces in struggling democracies and authoritarian regimes....

This $170,979 National Science Foundation award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support the development of an online 3D model search engine called SRCH3D. The engine will enable non-technical end users to efficiently search a large repository of existing proven part designs for additive manufacturing. Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Corporation will build on computer vision techniques and deep learning algorithms to develop methods for 3D object...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $499,858 cooperative agreement to Acamedia, Z. U. of Çekya to support research and outreach activities from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2024. The award will investigate, analyze, and publicize the Chinese Communist Party's foreign-directed propaganda, disinformation, and related interference activities. This aligns with the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) goal of informing and influencing foreign publics to...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $129,333 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Doublethink Lab for a research project analyzing Chinese propaganda techniques regarding Xinjiang and Hong Kong. The project will use computational analysis to identify and expose how the People's Republic of China disseminates disinformation at scale, with the goal of delivering these findings between October 2021 and September 2023. The Public Diplomacy...

This Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs provided $130,000 to research the extent and nature of People's Republic of China (PRC) influence and collaboration in academic institutions in Central and Eastern Europe. The grant period ran from September 30, 2021 to July 31, 2022 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. Public Diplomacy Programs aims to support U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $990,462 cooperative agreement to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute to strengthen preparedness of an expanded group of states to confront the risk of state-sponsored ICT-enabled intellectual property theft. Funded through the Cyber Capacity Building program under the Cybersecurity category (CFDA 19.035), the award period is from July 20, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The Cyber Capacity Building program aims to enhance global...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1.28 million to Rights Action Lab, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) for the period of September 30, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The project aims to increase the ability of Tibetans and other vulnerable communities to communicate, access information freely, and defend against targeted online attacks. It will provide tools to...