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DFOP0016989: Build Partner Capabilities to Counter Global Biological Threats

Closed Closed January 17, 2025 Opportunity DFOP0016989 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$5.0 million
• Award floor$100,000
• Total funding$15.0 million
• Expected awards5
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

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.

Is this a realistic fit?

• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

ISN/CTR’s Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) seeks to mitigate global biological threats by securing and/or protecting against the misuse of high consequence pathogens, synthetic biological materials, biotechnologies, genomic data, life sciences research, laboratory infrastructure, and related equipment for biological weapons (BW) purposes, and helping foreign partners develop biosecurity policy, guidance and technical capabilities at the national and regional levels to promote the adoption or compliance with international best practices and frameworks that advance U.S. biological nonproliferation objectives.

Category: Other.

We found no grant awards under Assistance Listing 19.033 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, which usually means the program is new or very small.

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