Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0010112
The grant opportunity titled "Addressing the Impacts of Proliferator State Advanced Conventional Weapons (ACW)" is a discretionary U.S. government grant administered by the Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation under CFDA 19.033. It is framed around the CTR (Cooperative Threat Reduction) mission of strengthening foreign partner capacity to detect, disrupt, and counter procurement and proliferation networks that enable advanced conventional weapons. The core problem the program is trying to address is that certain proliferator states use the export and spread of sophisticated weapons systems not only for profit, but as a strategic tool to expand geopolitical leverage, intensify regional instability, and lock other countries into long-term defense dependence.
A central focus of the opportunity is the Russian Federation and the way its defense exports and related supply chains intersect with malign influence. The description emphasizes that Russia has historically used sales of weapons systems to shape partners decisions, build strategic dependencies, and sustain influence in key regions. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine is described as a major driver of increased Russian demand for additional weapon systems and critical defense technologies. At the same time, the opportunity highlights a vulnerability in Russian production: an inability to manufacture certain advanced components domestically. As a result, Russian weapons systems are portrayed as relying on imported advanced Western electronics and other key components, which makes procurement pathways and illicit acquisition networks especially important targets for disruption.
The opportunity also ties the battlefield performance and internal dynamics of Russias defense sector to broader proliferation concerns. It notes that the war in Ukraine has exposed corruption and systemic failures within the Russian defense industry, and argues that these deficiencies are pushing Russia toward greater reliance on other proliferator states, particularly the Peoples Republic of China. In practical terms, this framing suggests the grant is interested not only in Russia-centric supply chains, but also in the evolving ecosystem of state-to-state support, third-country transshipment, and intermediary procurement networks that help sustain advanced conventional weapons development and replenishment.
From an applicant standpoint, the program is broadly open to a wide mix of organizational types, signaling that the government expects technical, analytical, and operationally relevant work that can come from multiple sectors. Eligible applicants include not-for-profit organizations such as think tanks and civil society or non-governmental organizations, public and private educational institutions, federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs), and for-profit organizations. It also lists Public International Organizations and governmental institutions as eligible. This breadth implies projects could range from research and analysis to training, technical assistance, network mapping, capacity-building programs, and other partner-focused efforts that support counter-procurement and counter-proliferation outcomes.
In terms of funding structure, this is a grant (not a contract) with an award ceiling of $300,000 per award and an anticipated total of about 25 awards. The opportunity number is SFOP0010112. The original application closing date was January 31, 2024, and the opportunity was created on October 30, 2023. Overall, the grant is positioned as a practical capacity-building initiative designed to help foreign partners better identify and counter the procurement and proliferation channels that allow proliferator states to obtain advanced components and sustain advanced conventional weapons capabilities, with a particular emphasis on the shifting demands and dependencies created by the war in Ukraine.Apply for SFOP0010112
- The Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Addressing the Impacts of Proliferator State Advanced Conventional Weapons (ACW)" 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 2023-10-30.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-01-31. (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 $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 25 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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