Emerging Research Security Leaders Grant Opportunities

CRDF Global, on behalf of The U.S. Department of State’s Office of Cooperative Threat
Reduction, will oversee a small-grants competition eligible for attendees of the Indo-Pacific
Research Security Consortium Workshop, conducted by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL),
who are members of the related research security consortium. Applicants should have support
from their affiliated institution.

This competition aims to provide members of the Indo-Pacific Research Security Consortium
with the funding to establish the consortium by facilitating actions that strengthen research
security and develop a strong community of researchers to counter attempts to acquire dual-use
research.

Grants are a one-time, six-month award. Institutions seeking grants must complete an application
to be considered for selection. Required documents include an application, detailed budget, a
copy of the national IDs or passports of all researchers on the team, and the CVs of all researchers
on the team.

These three grant opportunities will support and empower the Indo-Pacific Research Security Consortium
to develop a strong foundation to continue to advance research security in Cambodia, Indonesia,
Thailand, Singapore and India. In your application, please note which grant you are applying for. CRDF
Global will award two grants per opportunity: one award will advance research security in the East-Asia
Pacific (EAP) Region, and one award will advance research security in India.

• Grant Opportunity One: Plan and host the first two quarterly virtual meetings for the research
  security consortium OR plan and implement the consortium’s first in-person research security
  conference. During the meetings or the conference, consortium members will further research
  security in the respective regions by presenting their findings, lessons learned, and creating a
  forum for knowledge transfer to the relevant policy community.
  • Award Amount: up to $11,000

• Grant Opportunity Two: Develop original materials to brief stakeholders at your home
  institution on topics, themes, and best practices presented by SNL experts during the Indo-Pacific
  Research Security Consortium Workshop and preceding webinars. Grantee(s) will incorporate
  knowledge and lessons learned through their attendance at SNL events to develop and implement
  briefing materials and suggest institutional policies to mitigate risks and threats to sensitive
  research, data, and technology.
  • Award Amount: up to $9,000

• Grant Opportunity Three: Develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  and/or institutional best practice guides for Consortium member institutions. SOPs and/or best
  practice guides will cover institutional responsibilities in securing sensitive research, data, and
  technology such as: methods of research exploitation, identifying dual-use research of concern,
  research security best-practices, cybersecurity for research security, risk management, and due
  diligence. Grantee(s) will share lessons learned in developing and implementing SOPs and/or
  best-practice guides at the research security conference.
  • Award Amount: up to $6,000

• Applicants may apply individually or as a team.
• At least one member of the applicant team must have attended the in-person workshop on
  research security consortiums held by SNL.
• Grant teams advancing research security in the Southeast Asia region must be comprised of
  Cambodian, Indonesian, Thai, and Singaporean nationals, while those in India must be comprise
  of Indian nationals.
• Institutional and/or managerial approval is required for applications to be considered for this
  competition for Institutional Grantees.
• CRDF Global reserves the right to restrict the participation of any individual or institution in its
  programs. CRDF Global complies with all U.S. laws and regulations pertaining to export control
  and the participation of foreign nationals or institutions in its activities. It is the policy of CRDF
  Global not to conduct any transactions with U.S. restricted entities without appropriate
  authorization from the U.S. Government.

A completed application and supporting documents with all application sections filled out, including:

• A letter of institutional support, demonstrating host-institution approval of the project.
• A completed application form including all requested supporting documentation:
  • An abstract and proposed action plan, stating the purpose and goal of the project, possible
    and feasible ways to design, develop, and implement the project, and an impact
    statement.
    • The abstract should be double-spaced in 12-point font no more than 900 words.
      The abstract, goals, and action plan of the grant application should closely match
      one of the three grant opportunities articulated above.
  • A project schedule detailing expected timelines, expected level of effort for each project
    milestone, and anticipated completion dates for the project.
  • Proposed detailed budget.
  • The primary sheet should be used to fill out the project budget. Any Institutional support
    should be filled out in the Cost Share tab.
  • The curriculum vitae (CV) and passport or state-issued ID card for each individual on the
    project team.
  • Contact information for at least three professional references for the project team lead.

For additional questions regarding the grant competition please list the competition name in the
email subject and use the following address: nonpro-grants@crdfglobal.org.