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The U.S. Department of State, through the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL), has launched a significant funding initiative under the opportunity number SFOP0010120, titled “Supporting Critical Open-Source Technologies That Enable a Free and Open Internet.” This pioneering grant, with an award ceiling of $1 million, is designed to empower organizations engaged in developing and implementing open-source technologies that are vital to maintaining an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet, which is crucial for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms online.
This grant announcement, posted on November 9, 2023, invites applications from a diverse range of eligible applicants, including U.S.-based and foreign non-profit organizations, public international organizations, educational institutions, and even for-profit entities in certain cases. The initiative underscores the importance of technical development and maintenance of open-source communication protocols and systems that are essential yet often underrecognized in safeguarding private communications online. The funding opportunity aims to counteract authoritarian attempts to control the internet, ensuring its continued alignment with democratic principles and human rights.
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Opportunity ID: 350923
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General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SFOP0010120 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Supporting Critical Open-Source Technologies That Enable a Free and Open Internet |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative AgreementGrant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 15 |
| CFDA Number(s): | 19.345 — International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 09, 2023 |
| Last Updated Date: | Nov 09, 2023 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | Feb 10, 2024 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $500,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | DRL welcomes applications from U.S.-based and foreign-based non-profit organizations/nongovernmental organizations (NGO) and public international organizations; private, public, or state institutions of higher education; and for-profit organizations or businesses. DRL’s preference is to work with non-profit entities; however, there may be some occasions when a for-profit entity is best suited. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of State |
| Description: | The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects to strengthen the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms online through an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure global Internet, with a focus on technology development. Competitive proposals will develop and implement programs to develop, improve, implement, and sustain open-source technologies which serve as critical foundations for a free and open Internet.
Protecting the open, interoperable, reliable, and secure Internet requires a precise technical understanding of the open-source communication protocols and systems that operate behind the scenes to enable secure and private communications online (such as certificate authorities and the TLS protocol suite). The successful development, testing, security auditing, standardization, and implementation of these protocols and systems in ways that actively support a free and open internet has a critical impact on protections for human rights online. However, because these protocols and systems do not directly face the end-user, they are often unknown, overlooked, and unfunded. In addition, authoritarian governments attempt to influence the fundamental character of the global Internet with the advancement of protocols and standards that enable more centralized Internet control, for the purposes of censorship and surveillance, as well as the abuse of other human rights. This initiative will allow DRL to invest in critical open source software and systems to protect the security and integrity of communications on the global Internet; to popularize, deploy, and sustain such technologies; and thus support the outcome that Internet infrastructure is designed to enable protections for fundamental freedoms and democratic principles, rather than enabling authoritarianism. This program will ensure that the Internet’s future evolution will remain consistent with its original democratic vision. Consistent with the standards and goals of DRL’s Internet Freedom technology programs, the successful program will enable and encourage the protection and exercise of fundamental freedoms and human rights in contexts in which those rights are not otherwise respected by means of technologies that can restore or protect those rights and freedoms by design. DRL recognizes that a free and open Internet is necessary for the exercise of human rights and flourishing of democratic principles. The goal of such technology investment is the protection of human rights online through the development and implementation of open-source technology, and corresponding technical standards, that protect the open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet at the level of the libraries (e.g. encryption or censorship circumvention software libraries), Internet communication protocols (e.g. Encrypted Client Hello [ECH], DNS Encryption [EDNS]) , and systems (e.g. certificate authorities, DNS providers) that undergird the operations of the internet itself. In support of this goal, DRL is requesting program proposals to produce, support, innovate, implement, or advance the standardization of open-source internet technologies that provide software infrastructure and protocol functions for the sustainable protection and operation of an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet in ways that actively counter the progression of growing Internet restrictions by combatting repressive surveillance, censorship, and internet splintering. |
| Link to Additional Information: | |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Internet Freedom POC
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