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The mission of the Smith Richardson Foundation in Westport, Connecticut, is to contribute to important public debates and address serious public policy challenges at home and assist with the development of effective policies that help the United States advance its interests and values abroad. To that end, the foundation sponsors an annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition to support young scholars and policy thinkers on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history.

The Smith Richardson Foundation seeks to contribute to important public debates and to address serious public policy challenges facing the United States as well as help ensure the vitality of social, economic, and governmental institutions, and assist with the development of effective policies that enable the United States to compete internationally and advance U.S. interests and values abroad. To that end, the foundation is accepting applications for its annual Strategy and Policy Fellows grant competition. Through the program, at least research grants of $60,000 will be awarded in support of research by young scholars and policy thinkers working in the area(s) of American foreign policy, international relations, international security, military policy, and diplomatic and military history that leads to the writing of a book.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit grant applications for humanitarian demining and explosive ordnance disposal in Afghanistan during fiscal year 2017. Specific goals, objectives, and technical requirements for application packages are detailed below. PM/WRA anticipates awarding up to $2,600,000 under this grant opportunity.

MOVO will be a five-year regional messaging and communication effort that leverages both traditional and new media to counter violent extremism and promote democracy, human rights and governance. MOVO will aim to form lasting partnerships to amplify moderate voices in communities as well as national and regional networks and institutions. MOVO will use a strategic information campaigns to tackle difficult, long-standing issues critical to VE vulnerability as well as to respond directly to events and hot topics. MOVO will integrate with other USG CVE and messaging efforts, such as State and USAID-funded programs, Public Affairs Sections and Military Information Support Teams (MIST) in the region. With regard to mediums of information exchange, MOVO will strengthen and expand existing PDev II radio networks and programming, continuing to invest in the medium most easily accessible to rural communities at-risk. However, MOVO will also produce targeted video content in targeted countries that is easily sharable and of most interest to target demographics. Mobile platforms that leverage feature phones have proved wildly popular and are useful in engaging rural audiences. Social media offers exciting new opportunities to connect with target audiences. However, poor internet penetration in target areas and among target demographics may limit the applicability of the medium. MOVO will expand its emphasis on social media in a measured, iterative manner that builds on effective, cost-efficient approaches. To the extent possible, all content will be cross-promoted across radio, video, mobile and social media to increase dissemination and build audiences across demographics and platforms.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) invites eligible organizations to submit concept notes for a potential small arms and light weapons destruction and explosive ordnance disposal project for the U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Program in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Please note that this is a request for unsolicited concept notes.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit concept notes for small arms and light weapons destruction, humanitarian demining, explosive ordnance disposal, victims’ assistance programs, and other projects related to the U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Program. Please note that this is a request for unsolicited concept notes.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit grant applications for humanitarian demining in Colombia during fiscal year 2017. Specific goals, objectives, and technical requirements for application packages are detailed below. PM/WRA anticipates providing multiple awards totaling, at most, a cumulative amount of $11 million under this grant opportunity. The specific locations have already been tasked to specific operators, so proposals will be evaluated against other submissions. PM/WRA will most heavily weigh the cost effectiveness of the applications when making funding decisions.

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit cooperative agreement applications for a small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) destruction, physical stockpile and security management (PSSM) upgrades, and associated training program in Guatemala during fiscal year 2017. Specific goals, objectives, and technical requirements for application packages are detailed below. PM/WRA anticipates awarding up to $350,000 under this grant opportunity.

COMAC builds upon previous USAID/Afghanistan programming, including the current Afghan Civilian Assistance Program (ACAP III) activity, which ends in February 2018. The original ACAP program supported Afghan civilian families and communities that have suffered losses as a result of the being caught between fighting among Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), Afghan National Army, and Resolute Support (RS) troops against the Taliban and other anti-government elements (AGEs). COMAC will provide tailored, small-scale assistance packages to eligible families to mitigate the immediate impact of the ongoing conflict on their lives. No cash disbursements are foreseen. Assistance will be provided based on individual family needs. COMAC's funding directive is to assist Afghan civilian victims harmed by military operations.

Support U.S. training activities for the Export Control and Related Border Security Program in Libya

The Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program provides financial assistance to organizations and entities working to preserve historic Japanese American confinement sites and their history, including: private nonprofit organizations; educational institutions; state, local, and tribal governments; and other public entities, for the preservation and interpretation of U.S. confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The authorizing legislation for the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program identifies up to $38 million for the entire life of the grant program for projects to identify, research, evaluate, interpret, protect, restore, repair, and acquire historic confinement sites in order that present and future generations may learn and gain inspiration from these sites and that these sites will demonstrate the Nationâ¿¿s commitment to equal justice under the law (Public Law 109-441, 120 Stat. 3288; as amended by Public Law 111-88). Projects funded through the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program must benefit one or more historic Japanese American confinement sites. The term historic confinement sites is defined as the ten War Relocation Authority sites (Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Jerome, Manzanar, Minidoka, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake), as well as other historically significant locations, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.

This Agreement requires the Recipient to develop and implement (1) technical requirement and five (5) tasks during the performance period, as follows:Technical Requirements:1. Design and produce outreach materials for Naval Base GuamTasks:Task 1 - Design graphics for use in various outreach materials.Task 2 - Design and produce educational printed material for distribution.Task 3 - Design and produce outreach materials.Task 4 - Project Planning.Task 5 - Project Management.