Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0002111
The Department of State, through the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation's Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR), is seeking proposals for a cooperative agreement focused on "Mapping and Understanding Illicit Proliferation Networks" (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0002111, CFDA 19.033). The core purpose is to strengthen the U.S. and international community's ability to spot, understand, and counter networks that support the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related controlled or dual-use items. The opportunity is rooted in the reality that both state and non-state actors can rely on complex external procurement channels and trade-based schemes to obtain restricted technology, materials, or financing, often by exploiting gaps in enforcement, weak controls, or opaque commercial structures.
The opportunity emphasizes that these procurement and trade networks operate in defiance of a broad set of global and national restrictions, including domestic export control laws, nonproliferation treaties, multilateral export control regimes, and international and national sanctions frameworks designed to curb WMD proliferation. It specifically highlights the role of UN Security Council Resolutions that obligate all states to prevent WMD proliferation, establish effective domestic controls to stop illicit trafficking of related materials, and restrict dealings with entities known to be involved in or facilitating prohibited trade. ISN/CTR is looking to improve its comprehensive understanding of how these illicit networks function in practice, how they adapt, and where the key vulnerabilities and indicators of proliferation activity may lie.
A central feature of the project is the systematic use of open-source information. The Department is seeking work that can gather and organize publicly available data relevant to proliferation-linked procurement and trade networks, then apply expert analysis to that data to identify proliferation concerns, suspicious patterns, and potential illicit technology transfers. The idea is that well-structured open-source collection and analysis can support proactive monitoring and enforcement by informing governments and partners about emerging methods, nodes, facilitators, and risk signals within procurement chains. The outputs are meant to be practical and policy-relevant, not just descriptive, and to contribute to future ISN/CTR capacity-building activities by helping shape where training, tools, partnerships, and interventions should be focused.
The stated objectives for the period of performance are threefold. First, the recipient is expected to gather publicly available data on proliferation and related trade networks, which can include information on entities, transactions, shipping routes, front companies, procurement agents, intermediaries, and other network components, as available through legitimate open sources. Second, the recipient must use subject matter experts to analyze that data, with the explicit goal of identifying proliferation concerns and illicit technology transfers, meaning the analysis should move beyond raw compilation into assessment, network mapping, and identification of concerning linkages or behaviors. Third, the recipient must produce a series of reports that include original data and can directly inform policy decisions and threat reduction activities, implying that deliverables should be structured, defensible, and usable by practitioners working on nonproliferation, sanctions implementation, export controls, and related enforcement or capacity-building work.
Administratively, this was posted as a discretionary funding opportunity with a cooperative agreement instrument type, under the Department of State, Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation. The award ceiling listed is $400,000. Eligibility is described as unrestricted (open to any type of entity), subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full announcement. The opportunity was created on June 8, 2017, with an original closing date of July 10, 2017. Overall, the grant is best understood as funding for rigorous open-source data collection and expert-driven analytical reporting designed to illuminate how illicit proliferation procurement networks operate and to support targeted, real-world threat reduction and policy responses.Apply for SFOP0002111
- The Department of State, Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Mapping and Understanding Illicit Proliferation Networks" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.033.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 08, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 10, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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