This $688,989 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (CFDA 19.224) is intended to enhance Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) membership and implementation in the African region. The awardee, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), will provide technical cooperation, capacity building, and advisory services to governments in Africa to strengthen...
The Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $5,897,527 project grant to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs to enhance membership and implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention in the African region. The grant was awarded on March 15, 2023 under the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund program and will support related work through June 30, 2026. As indicated in the program description, the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund...
This Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Project Grant award under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program (CFDA 19.901) of $400,010.00 provides funding to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to enhance partner countries' capabilities to identify, investigate, and disrupt financial and trade activities that support weapons of mass destruction proliferation. The award, with a performance period from October 2, 2023 to...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) received a $1,757,500 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation under the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) program. The grant will support UNODC's efforts to counter chemical weapons terrorism threats in Indonesia from February 15, 2022 through January 31, 2025. As the parent organization of the awardee, the United Nations will oversee delivery of counterterrorism programs...
The Department of Defense's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) awarded a $2,609,649 Project Grant to the World Health Organization (WHO) on October 1, 2024 under the "Training and Support - Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction" (CFDA 12.501) federal grant program. The primary goal of this project is to allow all countries to have sufficient national capacity and capabilities to prevent, detect, and manage biological challenges and risks, including appropriate management strategies...
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...
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...
The Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $103,658 cooperative agreement to Health Security Partners under the Global Threat Reduction program (CFDA 19.033) to support the Regional Experts Group to Prevent Illicit Acquisition of Weaponizable Biological Materials, Equipment, and Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) Equipment from October 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The cooperative agreement will support the Regional Experts Group in...
The Department of State Bureau of Political Military Affairs awarded a $325,000 project grant to the United Nations under the Global Peace Operations Initiative program (CFDA 19.026). The three-year award, issued on October 1, 2021 and set to conclude on September 30, 2024, will support the UN's efforts to enhance international capacity for effectively conducting UN and regional peacekeeping operations. Specifically, funding will aid programs that train peacekeepers and strengthen capabilities...
This $2,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Arms Control Verification and Compliance supports several initiatives under the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (CFDA 19.224) program. The funding will provide assistance to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for their work in Ukraine, as well as support the OPCW Scientific Advisory Board and chemical forensics activities. Additionally, the grant will fund two Junior...