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...
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...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (CFDA 19.224) will provide $868,568 to support fellowships for three former Afghan partners with experience in radiological/nuclear security. The award will be administered by Arizona State University's Orspa entity and runs from July 15, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The funding will enable these Afghan fellows to continue their work related to radiological and nuclear security after their...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $1,970,774 Project Grant under the Office of the Biological Policy Staff (CFDA 19.334) program to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). 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 chemical and...
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 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 Project Grant award of $242,437.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (CFDA 19.224) aims to improve implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in the Indo-Pacific region. The award seeks to mobilize parliamentarians from targeted countries to develop and further disseminate action plans for UNSCR 1540 implementation. The grant was awarded to Parliamentarians For Global Action and has a performance period from November 1, 2024 to...
This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $2,466,699.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Counterterrorism under the Global Counterterrorism Programs (CFDA 19.701). The award's objective is to provide specialized counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED) and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) trainings to the Côte d'Ivoire National Police and Gendarmerie, in order to increase their capacity to effectively disrupt, degrade, and respond to terrorist...
This Project Grant award, valued at $203,147.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of State's Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (CFDA 19.224) to North Carolina State University (NCSU) to mentor the academic and professional development of a former Afghan partner with a specialized background in nuclear science and policy. The award aims to support this individual's continued work in the field of nuclear nonproliferation. This amendment to the original award codifies the certification of...
This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award, issued on September 1, 2024 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political Military Affairs under the Weapons Removal and Abatement program (CFDA 19.800), will fund 16 months of PSSM (Physical Security and Stockpile Management) activities in Albania. The award recipient, ITF Ustanova ZA Krepitev Clovekove Varnosti, is a non-profit organization based in Slovenia that specializes in humanitarian demining, weapons removal, and civilian security...