Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- DFOP0019182
- Agency
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Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Department of State
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,000,000 to $50,000,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 19.322 Economic Statecraft
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Business and Commerce
- Eligible applicants
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- For Profit Organizations
- Points of contact
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs is soliciting applications for the Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project, a cooperative agreement to establish a digital-physical supply chain credentialing platform securing AI supply chain operations in partner countries, with applications due August 20, 2026. Eligible applicants are for-profit organizations only. The Department retains rights of use to all intangible property created under this project per 2 CFR 200.315.
The initiative, leveraging foreign assistance from the Pax Fund, funds establishment of a Silicon Highway—a logistics and compliance corridor integrating cryptographic cargo verification, AI-expedited risk assessment, and pre-approved expedited processing across partner economies. The program operates under the Economic Statecraft authority (CFDA 19.322), which historically has awarded cooperative agreements ranging from approximately $4,000 to $13.8 million, with recent major awards in semiconductor capacity development and fiscal transparency initiatives valued between $250,000 and $13.8 million. Performance locations span strategic partner countries, particularly in Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Indo-Pacific. The Department maintains discretion over award amounts, number of awards, and performance period based on program needs and funding availability; applicants should consult the formal NOFO on www.Grants.gov for specific award ceilings, evaluation criteria, and cost share requirements.
Synopsis
Leveraging foreign assistance from the Pax Fund, this NOFO launches the Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistance Project-a historic first-of-its-kind programmatic initiative to strengthen global AI supply chain security by creating a trusted supply chain credentialing and provenance platform to secure the AI supply chain in partner countries and economies. This NOFO seeks to fund the establishment of a Silicon Highway: a digital-physical corridor that accelerates logistics and compliance operations among partner countries with cryptographic cargo verification, AI-expedited risk assessment, and pre-approved expedited processing early in the supply chain. The Department maintains its rights of use to intangible property created under this project per 2 CFR 200.315.
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