Export Controls and Investment Screening for Critical Minerals Supply Chain
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DFOP0018149
- Agency
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Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $5,409,250
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 seeking applicants for a cooperative agreement to strengthen export controls, customs screening, and investment screening mechanisms for critical minerals supply chains worldwide, with applications due July 20, 2026. The Department's Bureau of Counterproliferation and Regional Security (ACN/EXBS) will fund an implementer to enhance protective measures across key critical mineral-producing countries and transit states, targeting the mitigation of critical mineral acquisition by U.S. adversaries while securing supply chains from predatory and illicit practices to bolster U.S. national and economic security.
Critical minerals are identified as commodities of proliferation concern due to their prevalence in dual-use items. The selected implementer must strengthen export controls and customs screening capabilities while establishing or improving investment screening processes in partner countries. Work is performed worldwide across key critical mineral producers and transit states with administrative oversight from the Department of State.
The cooperative agreement structure indicates collaborative engagement with foreign governments and relevant stakeholders. The NOFO package includes standard federal grant documentation covering funding terms, eligibility requirements, evaluation criteria, and compliance obligations. The Assistance Listing number, specific award amounts, period of performance, cost share requirements, and detailed evaluation criteria are contained within the NOFO package documents posted on June 25, 2026.
Synopsis
This NOFO seeks to enhance protective measures for the supply chain of critical minerals, which are commodities of proliferation concern due to their prevalence in countless dual-use items. ACN/EXBS seeks an implementer to bolster export controls, customs screening, and investment screening across key critical mineral producers and transit states worldwide to mitigate their acquisition by U.S. adversaries, while securing supply chains from predatory and illicit practices to bolster U.S. national and economic security.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| DFOP0018149 NOFO Package.zip | ZIP file |
Posting history
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