EXBS Legal & Regulatory Support
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DFOP0018151
- Agency
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Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,441,589
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 19.317
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
- Not on record
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of State is soliciting applications for cooperative agreements to provide legal and regulatory support for nonproliferation export controls and foreign direct investment screening across Asia and Europe, with applications due July 20, 2026.
The program targets vulnerabilities in strategic trade and technology ecosystems in the Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Türkiye, and Ukraine. In the Philippines, Cambodia, and Malaysia, the initiative strengthens weak or incomplete export control and foreign direct investment screening systems to prevent diversion of dual-use goods, advanced technologies, and critical minerals to proliferators or malign actors. In Taiwan, the program addresses gaps in supply chain, financial, and logistics controls that enable sophisticated networks to obtain advanced AI-relevant semiconductors and other dual-use technologies. In Türkiye, the effort targets documented diversion and transshipment risks along intermediate-dependent trade routes and the absence of widespread private-sector internal compliance programs meeting international expectations. In Ukraine, the program responds to heightened risks from rapidly expanding defense and dual-use innovation, intense foreign interest, and limited oversight mechanisms that could facilitate unauthorized technology transfers and diversion of U.S.-origin or sensitive items.
The cooperative agreements will strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks, institutional and industry compliance programs, and data-driven enforcement capabilities to prevent proliferation of WMD-related, defense, and other sensitive technologies to end-users and activities of concern.
The NOFO package is available; however, award ceilings, cost share requirements, eligible applicant categories, period of performance, and evaluation criteria are not accessible in the posted metadata and require review of the full NOFO document.
Synopsis
This NOFO addresses evolving nonproliferation threats across key nodes of the global strategic trade and technology ecosystems in Asia and Europe. In the Philippines, Cambodia, and Malaysia, the program responds to the risk that weak or incomplete export control and foreign direct investment screening systems could allow diversion of dual‑use goods, advanced technologies, and critical minerals to proliferators or malign actors. In Taiwan, it tackles the threat that persistent, sophisticated networks will exploit gaps in supply chain, financial, and logistics controls to obtain the world's most advanced AI‑relevant semiconductors and other dual‑use technologies. In Türkiye, the program confronts documented diversion and transshipment risks posed by intermediary‑dependent trade routes and the absence of widespread private‑sector internal compliance programs that meet international expectations. In Ukraine, it addresses the heightened risk that rapidly expanding defense and dual‑use innovation, combined with intense foreign interest and limited oversight mechanisms, could lead to unauthorized tangible and intangible technology transfers and diversion of U.S.‑origin or sensitive items. Collectively, the LOEs seek to close these vulnerabilities by strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks, institutional and industry compliance, and data‑driven enforcement capabilities to prevent the proliferation of WMD‑related, defense, and other sensitive technologies to end‑users and activities of concern.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| DFOP0018151 NOFO Package.zip | ZIP file |
Posting history
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