Export Control and Related Border Security (19.901)
Export Control and Related Border Security (Assistance Listing 19.901) is run by the Department of State. It awarded $63.8 million in 100 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $637,940 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $606,795. Half of the 100 awards fell between $398,070 and $931,482, and they ranged from $1,178 to $4.8 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$63.8 million
- Grant awards100
- Typical award$606,795
- Awarded in FY 2025-$8.7 million
- Size rank952 of 1824
- Type of assistanceCooperative agreements, project grants, project grants (including travel grants)
Key findings
- It is the 952nd largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 104% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 8 states and territories.
What the program funds
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Office of Export Control Cooperation (ISN/ECC) administers the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program. The EXBS Program Mission is to enhance U.S. national security by preventing proliferation of WMD and illicit trade in conventional weapons, and strengthen partner countries’ capabilities to comply with international strategic trade control norms and enforcement best practices. EXBS trains border security personnel and law enforcement officials to detect, interdict, investigate, and prosecute illicit transfers of conventional weapons and to ensure that international ports of entry have adequate equipment to screen suspicious cargo. EXBS also assists partner countries in the establishment of independent strategic trade control authorities to regulate transfers of technologies and material that could be used for WMD, related delivery systems, or advanced conventional weapons. To strengthen compliance with international strategic trade control norms and U.N. sanctions resolutions, EXBS also conducts outreach to the private sector to help industry better understand its nonproliferation obligations.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
N/A Please see specific announcement in www.grants.gov.
What the money can and cannot pay for
ISN/ECC periodically awards assistance instruments to facilitate implementation of specific EXBS projects in various partner countries. Examples of typical EXBS projects include formal training workshops for foreign government officials, working closely with foreign government officials to assist with drafting strategic trade control legislation and implementing regulations, and assessing the status of EXBS partner countries' strategic trade control systems. ISN/ECC will release requests for application (RFAs) as specific EXBS grant/cooperative agreement opportunities are identified.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Deadlines
Deadlines do not apply
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Historically, ISN/ECC has awarded approximately $2 million in EXBS assistance awards per fiscal year. Typical award approx $85,000 See specific announcement at www.grants.gov
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2018: N/AFiscal Year2016: N/AFiscal Year2017: N/A
Funding history and past recipients
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.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | 25 | $29.4 million | |
| The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | New York | 10 | $5.9 million |
| U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation | Virginia | 13 | $4.6 million |
| Coalescion | Virginia | 6 | $3.5 million |
| King's College London | 6 | $3.1 million | |
| International Organization for Migration | District of Columbia | 4 | $2.5 million |
| Pacific Forum International | Hawaii | 2 | $2.4 million |
| President and Fellows of Middlebury College | Vermont | 3 | $2.2 million |
| Motive International, LLC | District of Columbia | 2 | $1.6 million |
| Sincerus Global Solutions Inc. | Virginia | 3 | $1.5 million |
| The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | New York | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Compliance and Capacity Skills International LLC | New York | 4 | $1.2 million |
| Conflict Armament Research LTD. | 2 | $1.1 million | |
| Culmen International, LLC | Virginia | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control | District of Columbia | 1 | $999,173 |
| Financial Services Volunteer Corps | New York | 2 | $969,444 |
| Thin Blue Line International Association | 2 | $912,606 | |
| Purdue University | Indiana | 1 | $776,906 |
| National Academy of Sciences | District of Columbia | 1 | $740,644 |
| Securus Strategic Trade Solutions, L.L.C. | Texas | 1 | $708,397 |
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 27% of the money, colleges and universities 17% and businesses 10%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 35 | $29.0 million | 45% |
| Nonprofits | 37 | $17.5 million | 27% |
| Colleges and universities | 18 | $10.8 million | 17% |
| Businesses | 10 | $6.4 million | 10% |
By state
5 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are Virginia, New York, District of Columbia, Hawaii and Vermont.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 23 | $10.7 million |
| New York | 19 | $9.3 million |
| District of Columbia | 11 | $3.6 million |
| Hawaii | 2 | $2.4 million |
| Vermont | 3 | $1.9 million |
| Indiana | 1 | $776,906 |
| Texas | 1 | $708,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | $577,941 |