Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0008599
The Countering Malign Economic Influence grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0008599) is a U.S. Department of State program run through the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. It was issued on February 9, 2022, with an original application closing date of March 25, 2022. The program is offered as a discretionary funding opportunity and uses a cooperative agreement, meaning awardees should expect an active federal role in shaping, coordinating, or overseeing implementation rather than a hands-off grant. The assistance listing identifier associated with the opportunity is CFDA 19.901. The government anticipated making up to 10 awards, with an award ceiling of $450,000 per award.
The core purpose is to help partner nations close national security gaps that can be exploited by malign state actors using economic tools and commercial access as leverage. The opportunity focuses on strengthening the practical systems and institutional capacity that sit at the intersection of trade, finance, and security. In plain terms, it aims to reduce the chances that hostile or coercive actors can take advantage of weak regulations, poor enforcement, or opaque decision-making to gain strategic access, evade restrictions, or entrench influence through investments, procurement deals, and infrastructure projects.
The substantive areas called out in the description outline the kinds of reforms and capacity-building the program is meant to support. One major pillar is export controls, which typically includes improving laws, licensing processes, end-use and end-user checks, compliance and enforcement procedures, and the ability to identify and stop the transfer of sensitive goods, software, and technologies that could support military modernization, surveillance, weapons proliferation, or other harmful activities. Another pillar is public procurement, which points to strengthening how governments buy goods and services so contracts are awarded transparently and competitively, with safeguards that reduce corruption risks, hidden beneficial ownership, bid-rigging, and politically motivated vendor selection. This is often central to countering malign influence because procurement can be a channel for strategic dependency, kickbacks, and long-term control over essential services.
The opportunity also emphasizes financial controls and investment screening. Financial controls generally refer to the rules and supervisory capabilities that help detect illicit finance, sanctions evasion, money laundering, and other forms of financial manipulation that can accompany malign influence campaigns. Investment screening refers to mechanisms that allow a country to evaluate and, if necessary, block or mitigate foreign investments that present national security risks, particularly when investments target sensitive sectors, data-rich businesses, defense-adjacent capabilities, or assets that create leverage over government decision-making. The mention of critical infrastructure protection measures highlights an intent to protect systems whose disruption or capture would have outsized national security consequences, such as ports, telecommunications, energy grids, transportation networks, and major digital or financial infrastructure. Strengthening these protections can include risk assessments, vendor and supply chain security policies, incident response planning, and governance frameworks that clarify roles and responsibilities across agencies.
A final major focus area is building institutional capabilities in customs and border enforcement. This points to practical on-the-ground capacity: training and procedures to identify high-risk shipments, detect concealed or misdeclared items, interdict contraband and controlled goods, and coordinate across agencies and with international partners. It can also include improving targeting and inspection practices, documentation review, risk management systems, and information sharing that helps border authorities spot patterns associated with diversion networks or state-backed procurement operations. The underlying objective is to make it harder for malign actors to move restricted goods, exploit gaps between agencies, or use complex logistics chains to hide what is being shipped and to whom.
Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional details referenced in the full announcement, which typically indicates that the program may be open to a range of non-federal entities depending on the State Department's specific criteria. Overall, the opportunity is positioned as a national security capacity-building program that uses governance, regulatory strengthening, and enforcement training to help partner countries resist coercive or exploitative economic behavior by hostile states, with awards structured to support targeted projects that improve both policy frameworks and real-world implementation.Apply for SFOP0008599
- The Department of State, Bureau of International Security-Nonproliferation in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Countering Malign Economic Influence" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.901.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 09, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 25, 2022. (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 $450,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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