Project Grant FMBEG003713

This $31,750,945 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Homeland Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.067). The grant supports state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to achieve core capabilities related to preventing, preparing for, protecting against, mitigating, and responding to acts of terrorism. Key products and services delivered through this funding include: Enhancing cooperation and coordination between federal, state,...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $1,125,561 Project Grant under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901) to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The grant provides training, software, and equipment to enhance partner countries' capabilities to target high-risk shipments that may contain weapons of mass destruction-related materials, conventional arms, or other contraband of...

This $3,260,988 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation supports the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901). The funding will enable UNODC to implement the Container Control Program in Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, countries in the South and Central Asia (SCA) region, and Tunisia. The key products and services...

The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded Nu Borders LLC $424,563 under the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (CFDA 19.901) cooperative agreement to prevent evasion of sectoral sanctions and illicit financing, as well as prevent physical and virtual aggression in the maritime domain in Litvanya from September 10, 2021 through September 29, 2023. As part of the EXBS Program's mission to enhance export controls and secure borders...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $1,150,000 Project Grant under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901) to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The grant, awarded on Sep 30, 2024, will build investigative and prosecutorial capacity in the following EXBS partner countries: Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Malaysia, Mongolia, Mexico, and Indonesia. The funding will support UNODC's...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901) provides $394,672.00 to Sincerus Global Solutions Inc. to strengthen the capability of the Border Patrol Unit (BPU) in Kenya's Ministry of Interior to detect and identify transnational proliferation activities involving state and non-state actors at overlooked and under resourced locations. The...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will provide maritime enforcement support to the ports of Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz in Mexico, with a completion date of September 30, 2026. The EXBS Program focuses on enhancing global export controls and...

This National Science Foundation SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities project grant award of $399,445 provides funding for an undergraduate research experience program focused on immigration policy. Over a three-year period ending in August 2025, the New Mexico State University awardee will deliver a collaborative research program for ten undergraduate students per summer through a nine-week experience. Students will receive training in qualitative and quantitative research methods while...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $850,000 Project Grant under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901) to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The grant funds are intended to improve the capacity of maritime law enforcement agencies in the region against criminal threats at sea and on inland waters. The project aims to strengthen criminal justice systems, prosecute traffickers,...

This Project Grant award of $2,495,790.00 from the National Institute of Justice under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) aims to conduct a descriptive prevalence estimate of human trafficking across the southern U.S. border. The project, titled DEPTH (Disaggregated Estimates of the Prevalence of Trafficking in Humans), will use a mixed-methods, survivor-informed approach, including wide-scale surveys, interviews, systematic evidence review, and spatial analysis. The...