Deadline: 30-Jul-25
The Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation has launched the call for proposals to address Development and Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons by Russia.
Goals and Objectives
- Goal: This notice of funding opportunity has three main goals: to prevent Russian acquisition of critical biological, biotechnology, chemical, and pharmaceutical (BBCP) materials and equipment, to prepare partners to respond to chemical and biological weapons (CBW) use, and to deter Russia from future use. ISN/CTR will disrupt potential supply chains of critical materials and equipment from the BBCP industries’ manufacturing and distribution supply chains. ISN/CTR will enable partners to identify and prepare for CBW use to ensure a coordinated response that protects American interests and citizens. ISN/CTR will create efficient and sustainable partner driven solutions, regional capabilities to assess CBW use, and accountability and make it more difficult for countries to use CBW.
- Objective: Support targeted, private consultations with compliance, legal, sales, and C-suite executives of BBCP industry manufacturers and distributors to better understand high risk transactions associated with illicit Russian CBW procurement networks and limit corporate risks and exposure to prohibited and/or sanctioned entities associated with CBW proliferation and to steer third countries towards partnerships with U.S. industry, rather than U.S. adversaries.
- Objective: Conduct due diligence, including Know Your Customer’s Customer (KYC) trainings for BBCP manufacturers, distributors, financiers, insurers, and related staff that is informed by reports based on commercially available open-source data to help BBCP industry partners identify transactions, beneficial ownership structures, subsidiaries, lenders, financiers, and other links to trade restricted or sanctioned entities associated with CBW proliferation, to help them de-risk from potentially concerning transshipment points, shell companies, or other evasion mechanisms to acquire goods and services associated with CBW proliferation.
- Objective: Develop law enforcement and security officials’ abilities to identify the signs and symptoms of potential Chemical, Biological, or Radiological (CBR) material attacks, including by creating and strengthening standard operating procedures for partners to detect pre-attack indicators and identify, respond to, and investigate the use of CBR materials in assassinations, such as the Navalny and Skripal attacks.
- Objective: Deter future use of CBR by strengthening partner ability to properly request international technical assistance in the case of suspected use, including by promoting regional and international coordination to ensure authoritative and robust response.
- Objective: Deter future use of CBR by building regional CBW detection capabilities that do not rely upon USG resources, by supporting technical training for state-of-the-art CBW detection processes and procedures, including those meeting the highest standards (e.g., OPCW) to allow for trust in detection results and reporting.
- Objective: Protect CBR detection laboratories against cyber-attacks, by training CBR laboratory staff on cyber hygiene and their IT professionals on the latest cybersecurity advances, as well as improving facilities’ infrastructure via providing cyber assessments and select upgrades.
- Measuring Success: All proposals will measure partner capacity before and after training and engagement, with the expectation that skills, procedures, and abilities have increased due to ISN/CTR support.
Funding Information
- Total available funding: $15,000,000 Pending availability of funds
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $250,000 to a maximum of $10,000,000
Duration
- Length of performance period: 12 – 24 months
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- U.S. for-profit organizations or businesses;
- U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations with or without 501(c) (3) status of the U.S. tax code;
- U.S.-based private, public, or state institutions of higher education; foreign-based non-profit organizations/non-government organizations (NGO);
- Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs);
- Public International Organizations (PIO); Foreign Public Entities (FPE); and
- Foreign-based institutions of higher education.
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