GrantSmall businesses not listed as eligible
Global Digital Threat Lab
Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
Award ceiling
$2,960,039
Award floor
$2,960,039
Program funding
$0
- Opportunity #
- DFOP0019364
- Agency
- Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
- ALN (CFDA)
- 19.345
- Status
- posted
- Posted
- Jul 15, 2026
- Closes
- Aug 13, 2026
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
- Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
- Cost sharing required
- No
Who can apply
- •Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- U.S.-based non-profit organizations/nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
- Foreign-based non-profit organizations/NGOs
- Private or public institutions of higher education
- For-profit organizations or businesses
Synopsis
Freedom of expression online faces threats globally from authoritarian governments employing sophisticated technology to restrict speech, control the flow of information, and chill dissenting voices. These challenges infringe on privacy; access to information; and the exercise of freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, association, and religion or belief online. The misuse of commercial spyware is increasingly deployed by authoritarian governments and other digital threat actors to suppress dissent and restrict freedom of expression and privacy. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now facilitating cyberattacks, lowering the barrier of entry for threat actors and improving their efficiency and effectiveness.
Contact
Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor