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The Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). ISN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and WMD-related delivery systems proliferation and security threats from non-state actors and proliferator states.

The Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). ISN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and WMD-related delivery systems proliferation and security threats from non-state actors and proliferator states. ISN/CTR builds foreign partner capacity to counter proliferator state’s advanced conventional weapons (ACW) procurement and proliferation networks. The Kremlin’s recent announcement of a partial mobilization along with its need to resupply existing occupying forces in Ukraine is expected to increase Russia’s demand for additional weapon systems and critical defense technologies, either domestically produced or imported from abroad. Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to demonstrate the failures and deficiencies inherent in Russian ACW to prospective buyers. Russia’s continued war in Ukraine is pushing it closer to regimes such as Iran and PRC for access to international markets, critical supply-chains, and as seen in the case with Iran, weapons systems such as attack drones for use in Ukraine.

The Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR), part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD), related delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons proliferation and security threats from proliferator states and non-state actors. An underlying aim of all ISN/CTR’s efforts is long-term sustainability to maximize programmatic impact while minimizing the need for foreign partners to rely on outside financial or technical assistance. This NOFO covers two ISN/CTR lines of effort (LOEs): 1) Countering the PRC’s MCF Strategy and 2) Balancing the Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies with WMD Applications. Please indicate in your submission which LOE the proposal addresses.

The Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR), part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD), related delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons proliferation and security threats from proliferator states and non-state actors. An underlying aim of all ISN/CTR’s efforts is long-term sustainability to maximize programmatic impact while minimizing the need for foreign partners to rely on outside financial or technical assistance. ISN/CTR administers the Partnership for Nuclear Threat Reduction Program (PNTR). The PNTR team functions as the State Department’s programmatic lead for the Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) program, a Presidential initiative announced by the White House in April 2021.

The Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR), part of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD), related delivery systems, and advanced conventional weapons proliferation and security threats from proliferator states and non-state actors. ISN/CTR administers WMD threat reduction activities for Iraq in partnership with government, security, academic, public health, animal health, and industrial communities. ISN/CTR’s Iraq program secures chemical, biological, radiological (CBR) and explosive materials, dual-use equipment, technologies, expertise, and infrastructure to prevent their misuse by terrorists and other nefarious actors in Iraq for use in WMD attacks against the United States, U.S. allies, and U.S. interests abroad. ISN/CTR’s efforts in Iraq align with, and support implementation of, U.S. national security strategies, including the including the National Security Strategy and the National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan, among others.

The Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) is pleased to announce an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). ISN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and WMD-related delivery systems proliferation and security threats from non-state actors and proliferator states. Within ISN/CTR, one of the Special Projects (SP) Team supports the efforts of U.S. and allied partners to help identify and mitigate Russian efforts to acquire Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) and dual-use CBW material, equipment, technology, knowledge, and expertise from unsuspecting or indiscriminate commercial or scientific institutions for CBW purposes – (Russian Chemical and Biological Threats (RCBT)). It is the objective of the program to restrict Russian CBW activities by training partner countries, government watchdogs and regulators, commercial entities, logistics providers, and scientists to not engage in transactions and scientific exchanges that may even inadvertently or unknowingly promote Russian CBW proliferation.

The purpose of this NOFO is to address national security deficiencies in partner nations’ export controls, related technology protection controls, public procurement, investment screening, and critical infrastructure protection measures, as well as build the corresponding institutional capabilities in customs and border enforcement. EXBS seeks to fund implementers to deliver tangible, measurable capacity development and technical assistance programming that helps address these regulatory and institutional weaknesses and facilitate private sector and academia’s compliance with international nonproliferation norms.

Stop proliferation-related transfers and networks and prevent terrorist access to WMD, delivery systems, materials, technology, and conventional weapons.

The purpose of this award is to support EXBS implementation of the U.S. Plan to Counter Illicit Diversion of Certain Advanced Conventional Weapons in Eastern Europe. Specifically, its goal of: Building the capacity of security forces, law enforcement officials, and border control agencies in Ukraine and its neighboring states to deter, detect, and interdict illicit trafficking of certain advanced conventional weapons.

The purpose of this award is to strengthen partner counter-IED capabilities to prevent malign actors from exploiting border weaknesses to their advantage. The presidents of Tanzania and Mozambique recently signed a joint peace accord on security and defense, providing a new path for addressing operational and knowledge gaps along their shared border.