Export Controls and Investment Screening for Critical Minerals Supply Chain

Closed

Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation

Description

This NOFO seeks to enhance protective measures for the supply chain of critical minerals, which are commodities of proliferation concern due to their prevalence in countless dual-use items. ACN/EXBS seeks an implementer to bolster export controls, customs screening, and investment screening across key critical mineral producers and transit states worldwide to mitigate their acquisition by U.S. adversaries, while securing supply chains from predatory and illicit practices to bolster U.S. national and economic security.

Who can apply

  • Others

Contact

EXBS_Grants@state.gov

Key dates & funding
  • PostedJun 25, 2026
  • ClosesJul 20, 2026
  • Award floor$0
  • Award ceiling$5,409,250
  • Program funding$5,409,250
  • Expected awards1
  • CFDA19.317
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