Closed · DFOP0017252 · CFDA 19.033 · Discretionary

Denying U.S. Adversaries Access to Sensitive Nuclear, Missile, and Advanced Technical Expertise for Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs that Threaten America

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

$100K-$2M
Award range
Closed
Status
July 30, 2025
Close date
5
Expected awards

The verdict

Denying U.S. Adversaries Access to Sensitive Nuclear, Missile, and Advanced Technical Expertise for Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs that Threaten America is a closed discretionary listing from Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation that offered $100,000 -- $2,000,000 across 5 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 267 other opportunities from Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation.

$100K-$2M
award range
Closed
application status
5
expected awards
19.033
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Denying U.S. Adversaries Access to Sensitive… 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

$6,000,000

Expected Awards

5

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Description

ISN/CTR created the Nonproliferation Scientist Engagement Program (NSEP) to provide focused, near-term national security engagement to civilian scientists, technicians, and engineers (STE) with nuclear, missile, and other advanced WMD-relevant technical expertise who are geographically displaced or otherwise rendered financially vulnerable to exploitation by Iran, North Korea, China, or other U.S. adversaries for WMD programs that threaten the American homeland, American lives, and American prosperity. Tailored for FY 25/26 to advance President Trump’s Maximum Pressure Campaign on Iran, address North Korea’s WMD and ballistic missile programs, and deny the Chinese Communist Party access to expertise to advance WMD programs designed to challenge American security and American leadership, NSEP focuses narrowly on the subset of civilian STEs who have scientific or engineering expertise that could be redirected and exploited by U.S. adversaries to support nuclear, ballistic missile, and advanced weapons programs that could be used to attack the United States. Additionally, this program protects America's technological edge by preventing expertise proliferation of sensitive technical expertise to U.S. adversaries and builds U.S. private sector and related scientific partnerships with these scientists instead.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · DFOP0017252

Grants.gov marks Denying U.S. Adversaries Access to Sensitive… 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

SciEngagement@state.gov

What to do next

Denying U.S. Adversaries Access to Sensitive… 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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