The Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) received a $1,235,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Border Enforcement Grants program (CFDA 20.233). PNWER will use the funding over a two-year period ending February 3, 2024 to support the Regional Infrastructure Accelerator. This project aims to ensure compliance with commercial vehicle safety standards for motor carriers entering the United States from Canada through...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation has awarded a $2,384,000 Project Grant to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901). The funding will be used to BUILD PSC CAPACITY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR EFFECTIVE MARITIME BORDER MANAGEMENT over the period from October 2, 2023 to December 31, 2025. The project...
The Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) received a $1,235,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Border Enforcement Grants program (CFDA 20.233). PNWER will use the funding over a two-year period ending February 3, 2024 to support the Regional Infrastructure Accelerator. This project aims to ensure compliance with commercial vehicle safety standards for motor carriers entering the U.S. from Canada through Seattle,...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.753 - Congressionally Recommended Awards) to the Third Judicial District Attorney in Las Cruces, NM. This funding supports the District Attorney's border security team which focuses on prosecuting criminal conduct associated with border-related crime in local border communities. The grant aims to help increase border security and address violent crime drivers in high-crime...
The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded Motive International, LLC $487,933 under the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (CFDA 19.901) cooperative agreement to undertake initiatives to prevent proliferation risks associated with advanced, sensitive, and emerging technologies and intangible technology transfers from September 6, 2021 through September 29, 2023. The Export Control and Related Border Security Program aims to enhance...
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 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...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $500,000.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901). The purpose of the award is to advance U.S. foreign policy and national security priorities by building the capacity of the Federal Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional Government to manage Iraq's borders and...
The Federal Highway Administration awarded a $3.6 million Formula Grant to the Arizona Department of Transportation on June 16, 2022 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205). The grant funding will support scoping activities for a proposed second international port of entry between the United States and Mexico located west of Douglas, Arizona along James Ranch Road and State Route 80. As a Formula Grant under the Highway Planning and Construction program, the funding...
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...