Deadline: 17-Jan-2025
The Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction is inviting proposals for its program titled “Countering WMD and UAS Threats in Iraq”.
Goal
- CTR will focus on enhancing Iraqi partner capabilities to counter state and non-state UAS threats, improve chemical and biological (CB) attack and incident preparedness and response coordination within the Government of Iraq (GOI), the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), first responders, academic institutions, and private sector enterprises.
Objectives
- Enhance Iraqi Ability to Counter State and Non-State UAS threats:
- Support Iraqi-led implementation of the national strategy that regulates UAS usage in Iraqi airspace.
- Increase Iraqi national security institutions awareness of UAS threats and defensive measures.
- Bolster CB Response Capabilities of Security Forces, Forensic Investigators, First Responders, and Medical Staff:
- Strengthen preparedness to identify, disrupt, and respond to an incident or attack involving pharmaceutical-based agents, toxins, or other chemical irritants by state and non-state actors.
- Develop best practices for sample chain-of-custody between the field sampling and confirmation laboratories, particularly in conflict prone environments, and increase forensic investigators’ identification and attribution capacity during WMD incidents.
- Enhance Public, Private, and Regional Collaborations and Preparedness:
- Strengthen government, chemical industry, and academic institution partnerships to mitigate and respond to potential sabotage at high-risk chemical facilities.
- Develop agency-specific plans to mitigate CB threats related to toxic industrial chemicals, and pesticides, at mass gatherings, or potential insider threats.
Funding Information
- Total Funding Ceiling: $1,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $5,000,000
- Award Floor: $100,000
- Anticipated number of awards: Five
- Duration : 15 months
Expected Outcomes
- 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S.-based non-profit/non-governmental organizations with or without 501(c) (3) status of the U.S. tax code; foreign-based non-profit organizations/non-government organizations (NGO); Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs); public International Organizations; Foreign Public Organizations; U.S.-based private, public, or state institutions of higher education; foreign-based institutions of higher education, and U.S. for-profit organizations or businesses.
Application Requirements
- For all application documents, please ensure:
- All documents are in English, and all costs are in U.S. dollars. If an original document within the application is in another language, an English translation must be provided. If any document is provided in both English and a foreign language, the English language version is the controlling version;
- All pages are numbered, including budgets and attachments;
- All documents are formatted to 8 ½ x 11 paper; and,
- All documents are single-spaced, 14-point Calibri font, with 1-inch margins. Captions and footnotes may be 10-point Calibri font. Font sizes in charts and tables, including the budget, can be reformatted to fit within 1 page width.
- All application materials must be submitted through the online portal unless you are a U.S. Government entity applying for Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA) funding.
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