Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006254
The "2020 CTR Countering the Proliferation of Advanced Conventional Weapons to States of Proliferation Concern" grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0006254) was issued by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN), under its Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) programming. It is a discretionary funding opportunity released on November 1, 2019, with an application closing date of January 31, 2020. The assistance instrument is a Cooperative Agreement, which typically means the Department of State expects substantial involvement during the project period, such as collaboration on workplans, coordination with stakeholders, and ongoing performance monitoring rather than a purely hands-off grant.
The central purpose of the opportunity is to reduce or prevent the transfer and sale of destabilizing advanced conventional weapons from "proliferator states" to "states of proliferation concern." The notice highlights examples of recipient states of concern such as Iran, Syria, and Venezuela. The underlying national security logic is that advanced conventional weapons transfers can alter regional military balances, increase the ability of sanctioned or hostile governments to project force, and undermine U.S. nonproliferation objectives. In addition, the opportunity frames weapons sales as a revenue source that can bankroll other malign activities, expand political influence, and accelerate the development of newer and more lethal capabilities that could eventually be used against U.S. forces, U.S. allies, or even the U.S. homeland. In other words, the program is not only about stopping a specific shipment or transaction, but also about weakening the broader ecosystem that enables recurring sales, profits, and capability growth.
Funding is structured with an award ceiling of 1 (as listed in the source data) and an anticipated total of up to 10 awards. While the ceiling figure is presented as "1" in the provided fields, the more practical takeaway from the notice is the expectation of multiple cooperative agreements supporting parallel or complementary efforts under the same policy objective. The program is associated with CFDA number 19.033, which is commonly tied to State Department assistance programming in security and nonproliferation-related areas.
Eligibility is listed as "Unrestricted," meaning the opportunity is open to a broad range of applicant types, subject to any additional conditions that would normally appear in the full announcement text. In practical terms, this often includes nonprofits, NGOs, universities, research organizations, and private entities that can demonstrate the technical expertise, regional knowledge, investigative or analytical capacity, and program management capability needed for proliferation and counter-proliferation work. Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement and the subject matter involves sensitive national security concerns, applicants would generally be expected to show strong compliance practices, the ability to coordinate responsibly with U.S. government counterparts, and credible methods for producing actionable outputs.
Overall, this opportunity fits within a preventive, threat-reduction model: it aims to disrupt the pathways by which advanced conventional weapons move from exporting states to sanctioned or high-risk end users, and to reduce the strategic benefits those exporters gain from such sales. The intended impact is to constrain the military options of states of proliferation concern, limit financial and technological gains for proliferators, and protect U.S. national security and nonproliferation interests by slowing or stopping the spread of destabilizing conventional capabilities.Apply for SFOP0006254
- 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 "2020 CTR Countering the Proliferation of Advanced Conventional Weapons to States of Proliferation Concern" 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 Nov 01, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 31, 2020. (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 $1.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- 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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