Synopsis

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) seeks to support analysis that increases understanding of how malign foreign governments and their proxies weaponize migration to serve their geopolitical ends. Similar to East Germany’s Soviet-backed trafficking of migrants from developing countries into West Germany to stoke social tensions in the 1980s, nefarious state and state-backed criminal actors, seek to lure migrants from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia to Central and Eastern European democracies to weaken and destabilize them. In addition, such nefarious actors exploit or exacerbate conflicts in other regions and channel conflict-affected populations toward Europe. Thus, DRL announces an open competition for proposals for programs to analyze and develop approaches to expose and counter such weaponized migration.
Response Date	Aug 28, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Posting Date	Aug 14, 2026 12:00:00 AM EDT
Archive Date
Award Ceiling	1,973,359
Award Floor	1,973,359
Cost Sharing	No

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info on Eligibility:	The following U.S-based and international organizations are eligible to apply: - Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations - Public and private educational institutions - For-profit organizations - Individuals - Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions

Additional Information

Agency Name	Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
Link to Additional Information:	Link to Opportunity in MyGrants
Grantor Contact Information:	If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: GrantSolutions Help Desk Phone: 202-890-9795

CFDA Program(s)

• 19.345: International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor