Closed · DFOP0017244 · CFDA 19.033 · Discretionary

Countering Biological Weapons Threats

Federal grant opportunity posted by Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$250K-$5M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 30, 2025
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Countering Biological Weapons Threats is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation that offered $250,000 -- $5,000,000 across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 267 other opportunities from Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation.

$250K-$5M
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
19.033
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Countering Biological Weapons Threats is closed (last close July 30, 2025). The parent program page for CFDA 19.033 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation still indexes 267 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed July 30, 2025

Posted May 30 Closes Jul 30

Est. Total Funding

$15,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

ISN/CTR’s Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) advances the Trump Administration’s Executive Order (E.O.) on Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research, which pledges to “balance the prevention of catastrophic consequences with maintaining readiness against biological threats and driving global leadership in biotechnology, biological countermeasures, biosecurity, and health research”. In alignment with this E.O., BEP engages partner countries to prevent U.S. adversaries from developing or using biological weapons (BW) against Americans. BEP also protects U.S. biotechnologies, sensitive data, and intellectual property (IP), and bolsters U.S. leadership of global biotechnology markets through private sector engagement to outcompete China, and promotes partner countries’ adoption of U.S. laboratory security, safety, and cybersecurity standards. To successfully achieve this mission, BEP partners include biological and biotechnology laboratories, bio- and data repositories, universities, science and technology organizations or academies, foreign government organizations and entities, biosafety associations or similar professional associations, and private industry. The expertise and tools acquired through BEP engagements are critical to enable our partners to counter the predatory and exploitative efforts of U.S. adversaries that threaten U.S. national and economic security.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DFOP0017244

Grants.gov marks Countering Biological Weapons Threats with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Other (O). This eligibility-code string dominates the Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation book (142 peers, 53% of 268).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 19.033

Export Control and Border Security

U.S. Department of State

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Agency Contact

bep@state.gov

What to do next

Countering Biological Weapons Threats is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 19.033 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Export Control and Border Security indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation lists 267 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

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