Opportunity Information: Apply for DFOP0010795
The U.S. Department of State is offering a competitive grant opportunity titled "Increasing Cyber and Physical Security of Global Artificial Intelligence Research and Development" (Funding Opportunity Number DFOP0010795). The program is being run through the Office of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF), which sits within the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN). The core purpose is to support projects that strengthen the security of AI research and development worldwide in ways that advance U.S. nonproliferation and foreign assistance objectives, with a particular emphasis on preventing misuse and reducing vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors.
The opportunity is structured as a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning the Department of State expects to have substantial involvement during the project rather than acting as a hands-off funder. The activity category is listed as "Other," and the associated CFDA number is 19.224. The NOFO is seeking proposals that bring together the AI community of interest to identify real-world cyber and physical security weaknesses surrounding AI systems and the environments in which they are built and tested, then move beyond discussion by piloting practical security improvements and helping those improvements spread through outreach and normalization ("socialization") across relevant organizations and stakeholders.
In practical terms, the Department is looking for projects that convene key players in AI R&D and deployment and turn those convenings into actionable outputs. That could include mapping threat models and vulnerability points across the AI lifecycle, developing and testing safeguards for labs, compute, models, and data, and demonstrating concrete security upgrades that can be adopted by other institutions. The emphasis on both cyber and physical security signals interest in protecting not only networks and software stacks, but also facilities, hardware, access controls, insider risk, supply chain issues, and other non-digital pathways that can compromise advanced AI work.
Eligibility in the source data highlights nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education) as eligible applicants, and the narrative description also notes a broader set of potential partners and participants, including non-governmental organizations, international organizations, educational institutions, for-profit organizations, and U.S. federal departments and independent agencies, as well as foreign public entities and public international organizations. In effect, the program is oriented toward multi-stakeholder engagement and implementation, and it anticipates work that can operate across borders and sectors, consistent with the "global" framing and the Department of State's international security mandate.
Funding is capped at $2,000,000 (award ceiling), with the expectation of making one award. The opportunity was created on April 24, 2024, and the original closing date for applications is May 31, 2024. Overall, this NOFO is aimed at building a coordinated, security-focused effort around AI R&D: bringing the right communities together, identifying the most consequential vulnerabilities, testing security enhancements in practice, and accelerating the adoption of stronger security norms and measures in the AI ecosystem.Apply for DFOP0010795
- The Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Increasing Cyber and Physical Security of Global Artificial Intelligence Research and Development" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.224.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-04-24.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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