Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0007363
The FY 21 Countering Advanced Conventional Weapons grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0007363) is a U.S. Department of State initiative run through the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), specifically ISN/CTR's Special Projects (SP) Team. It was released on October 19, 2020, with an original application closing date of January 29, 2021. The program is offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally means the government expects to remain actively involved during implementation rather than simply providing funds and stepping back. The award ceiling is listed at up to $100,000,000, although the posting did not specify an expected number of awards (the field shows 0), which can indicate uncertainty at the time of posting about how many projects would ultimately be funded or how funds might be allocated.
At its core, the opportunity is about countering the international transfer and enabling ecosystem of "advanced conventional weapons" (ACW) from proliferator states to states of proliferation concern. The emphasis is not only on stopping the physical movement of weapons, but also on identifying, preventing, and disrupting the broader networks that make those transfers possible. That includes the financial mechanisms used to pay for and launder the proceeds of these deals, and the logistics pathways that move equipment, parts, and related materiel across borders. A notable feature of the program is its explicit interest in leveraging open-source data, suggesting proposals should incorporate methods for collecting, analyzing, and operationalizing publicly available information to map networks, spot indicators of procurement or shipment activity, and support timely action by partners.
The opportunity outlines four main lines of effort that proposals are expected to address. First, "Financial Chilling Action Plans" points toward building the capacity of partner governments or institutions to deter and disrupt proliferation-linked transactions through financial tools. In practice, this could involve improving partners' abilities to recognize suspicious payment patterns, strengthen compliance and enforcement against sanctions evasion, coordinate among financial intelligence and regulatory bodies, and design actionable plans that make it riskier and more costly for proliferators and intermediaries to use the international financial system. Second, "Logistics Hardening" focuses on strengthening the resilience and oversight of shipping, transport, and trade-related systems so that illicit transfers are harder to execute. This can include enhancing detection and interdiction capacity, improving procedures at ports or along transit routes, building analytic capability to identify high-risk shipments, and strengthening cooperation among customs, border, and law enforcement entities.
Third, "Countering ACW Disinformation" highlights that the program is not limited to hardware and transactions; it also targets the information environment that proliferators and their proxies use to shape narratives, obscure responsibility, or normalize illicit arms relationships. Proposals under this line would likely be expected to help partners recognize and respond to misleading or manipulative messaging connected to ACW transfers, and to support credible communications strategies that reduce the effectiveness of propaganda or denial campaigns associated with proliferation activities. Fourth, "Countering Private Military Companies" signals concern about the role that private military companies can play in facilitating, protecting, or operationally enabling proliferator state activities and arms transfers. Projects under this line might support partner capacity to identify PMC-linked networks, understand their financing and logistics, and develop legal, regulatory, investigative, or interagency coordination approaches to mitigate their influence in the ACW proliferation space.
Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the opportunity is open to a broad range of applicant types, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications contained in the full notice. The listing is categorized as discretionary funding and falls under CFDA 19.033. Overall, the solicitation is seeking programmatic proposals that combine partner-capacity building with open-source intelligence and analysis to produce practical, disruption-oriented outcomes against ACW proliferation networks, including the money flows, transportation mechanisms, influence operations, and quasi-military actors that support these transactions.Apply for SFOP0007363
- 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 "FY 21 Countering Advanced Conventional Weapons" 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 Oct 19, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 29, 2021. (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 $100,000,000.00 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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