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SFOP0008639: Disrupting Malign State Behavior

Closed Closed April 22, 2022 Opportunity SFOP0008639

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation notices from 2022.

Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation offered grants of up to $1.0 million (at least $250,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 10 awards worth $4.0 million in total. Applications closed on April 22, 2022.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed February 8, 2024. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedMarch 29, 2022
DeadlineApril 22, 2022

Who can apply

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

Eligibility for this NOFO is limited to educational and research institutions and U.S. not-for-profit/non-governmental organizations (NGOs) subject to section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. tax code, foreign educational and research institutions, and foreign not-for-profits/NGOs and international NGOs and PIOs.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

Train foreign partner nations to acknowledge, understand, and address malign state actor activities and influence U.S. national and international security and established nonproliferation norms, including across public and private sectors, aggression against land, air, and maritime borders, exploitation of national strategic assets, and globally emerging and sensitive technologies.

Category: Other.

Who has won Export Control and Related Border Security grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Export Control and Related Border Security (19.901) awarded $63.8 million across 100 grant awards, an average of $637,940 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime25$29.4 million
The Research Foundation for the State University of New YorkNew York10$5.9 million
U.S. Civilian Research and Development FoundationVirginia13$4.6 million
CoalescionVirginia6$3.5 million
King's College London6$3.1 million

Top states: Virginia ($10.7 million), New York ($9.3 million), District of Columbia ($3.6 million), Hawaii ($2.4 million), Vermont ($1.9 million).

Applying now

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Questions people ask

Is SFOP0008639 still open?

No. It closed on April 22, 2022.

Who can apply for Disrupting Malign State Behavior?

Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for Disrupting Malign State Behavior?

Closed April 22, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $1.0 million each. About $4.0 million in total across about 10 awards.

Who has won Export Control and Related Border Security grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation. The program made 100 awards worth $63.8 million in that time.

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