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OVC FY 2026 Increasing Services for American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Human Trafficking in Urban Centers Program

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You may submit no more than one application in response to this NOFO. You can apply to either Category 1 or Category 2, but not both categories. 

Purpose of the Funding 
The Office of Justice Programs (OJP) is committed to advancing work that furthers the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) mission to keep our country safe and secure and uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of American citizens. OJP provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis. This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OVC FY2026 Increasing Services for American Indian and Alaska Native Victims of Human Trafficking in Urban Centers Program. This opportunity is intended to increase access to victim services for victims of human trafficking. 

Category 2 Goals and Objectives 
Category 2: Support for Victim Service Providers 

Goal 1: Enhance the capacity of urban Indian-serving organizations to deliver services to AI/AN victims of human trafficking through ongoing guidance and support. 

  • Objective 1: Improve the organizational capacity of funded organizations to provide victim services. 
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External Deadline
7/23/2026 (Complete and submit SD-424 on Grants.gov), 7/30/2026 (Full Application in JustGrants)

Countering Terrorist Recruitment Online

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Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization. If more than one proposal is submitted from an organization, all proposals from that institution will be considered ineligible for funding.

Executive Summary
U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), including jihadist networks, drug cartels, and individual extremists, continue to act on violent ideations and inspire others globally. Recruitment efforts are increasingly digital, thus making counterterrorism investigations more complex across borders. Furthermore, emerging technology, such as generative artificial intelligence (AI), are enhancing recruitment effectiveness with target populations.The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Counterterrorism, announces this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to support law enforcement in countering U.S.-designated FTO online recruitment, pending the availability of funds. Regional locations of interest include but are not limited to those listed above in the “Priority Region” section and should be tailored appropriately to the recruitment contexts of each location as applicable. If proposing multiple locations, applicants should articulate how and under what criteria participating countries will be selected.

Goal(s) and Objective(s):

  • National Security Strategy
    • Counter cross-border threats, such as terrorism, that seeks to threaten the U.S.homeland.
  • U.S. Department of State Agency Strategic Plan, FY 2026-2030
    • Goal 6: Targeted Foreign Assistance that Puts American Interests First
      • Objective 6.1: Leveraging assistance as a tool of statecraft.

CT Program Outcome(s):

  • Outcome 1: Adopt U.S.-approved investigative and related counterterrorism law enforcement intelligence standards and practices enabling the investigation of FTOs and other terrorist actors that threaten the U.S. homeland, persons, and facilities.
  • Outcome 2: Protect U.S. citizens and interests by strengthening the investigation of FTOs and other terrorist actors, consistent with U.S.-approved investigative standards and practices.
  • Outcome 3: Adopt U.S.-approved legal standards and practices enabling the prosecution of FTOs and other terrorist actors that threaten the U.S. homeland, persons, and facilities.
  • Outcome 4: Protect U.S. citizens and interests by strengthening the prosecution of FTOs and other terrorist actors, consistent with U.S.-approved legal standards and practices.
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External Deadline
7/27/2026
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FY 2026 Youth Ambassadors Programs

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Only one proposal will be considered by ECA from each applicant organization per program option. In cases where more than one submission per program option from an applicant appears in grants.gov, ECA will only consider the submission for that option made closest in time to the NOFO deadline; that submission would constitute the one and only proposal ECA would review from that applicant for that program option.

Executive Summary
The Office of Citizen Exchanges, Youth Programs Division of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce an open competition for the FY 2026 Youth Ambassadors program. Proposals may be submitted to implement one, or more, of eight program options outlined in this solicitation. A different proposal must be submitted for each program option, if applying for more than one. You must clearly identify which program option a proposal is for, early in the Executive Summary of the proposal. The Youth Ambassadors program provides groups of youth and adult mentor (select programs) participants from select countries in the regions of Sub-Saharan Africa (AF), East Asia and Pacific (EAP), Europe and Eurasia (EUR), Middle East and North Africa (NEA), South Central Asia (SCA), the Western Hemisphere (WHA), and the United States of America (USA) , with a three-week exchange focusing on youth leadership. In addition to participants travelling internationally, exchanges will include U.S. youth and adult mentors participating as peers in U.S. based exchanges. As applicants explore the main theme of leadership,3 they are encouraged to showcase creative and transformative application of AI concepts, resources, strategies, and tools. Program participants will apply knowledge gained on the program to implement follow-on projects in their home communities.

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External Deadline
7/17/2026
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NSF 26-509: Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS) - Category II

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Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 1

An organization may submit only one proposal as lead institution for each of Category I and Category II for each solicitation deadline but may be a subawardee on other Category I and II proposals responding to this solicitation. The restriction to no more than one submitted proposal as lead institution is to help ensure that there is appropriate institutional commitment necessary for responsible oversight, by the potential recipient institution, of a national data infrastructure resource. This restriction does not apply to Category III proposals.

In the event that any organization exceeds this limit, any proposal submitted to this solicitation from an organization after the first proposal is received at NSF will be returned without review. No exceptions will be made.

Category III. There are no restrictions or limits. 

Program Synopsis
The Integrated Data Systems and Services (IDSS) program supports operations-level national-scale cyberinfrastructure systems and services that broadly advance and facilitate open, data-intensive and artificial intelligence-driven science and engineering research, innovation, and education.

Through this solicitation, the IDSS program is accepting proposals for three categories of projects:

  • Category I. Development, deployment, and operation of novel national-scale integrated data systems and services, which may include interfacing with or leveraging other existing capabilities, systems and services, as appropriate to the project;
  • Category II.  Transition of established smaller scale, regional, pilot, or prototype data-focused systems and services to national-scale production/operational quality/level. This may also include enhancement and expansion of existing national-scale data-focused operational systems and services; and
  • Category III. Planning grants for future potential development/deployment or transition/enhancement IDSS projects. 

NSF and the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC) have long supported the development of innovative foundational and application-specific cyberinfrastructure resources and systems to address data-intensive research needs at the campus, regional, and community scales, through programs such as Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI), Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*), and other investments. The primary goal of the IDSS program is to support national-scale foundational data cyberinfrastructure that broadly enables data- and artificial intelligence-driven research for many communities. The IDSS program supports foundational transdisciplinary and demonstrably multi-disciplinary projects aimed to broadly impact the science and engineering research and education community. Projects that aim to primarily benefit a single science discipline, domain, project, or application are not supported.

It is recommended that prospective PIs contact program officer(s) from the list of Cognizant Program Officers to gain insight about alignment of their project ideas with the priorities of the IDSS program and Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. As part of contacting Cognizant Program Officers, prospective PIs are also encouraged to ascertain that the focus and budget of their proposed work are appropriate for this solicitation.