Opportunity Information: Apply for DFOP0016688
The Building International Data Protection and Capacity opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number DFOP0016688) is a U.S. Department of State grant competition run by the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. It is a discretionary funding opportunity using a Cooperative Agreement, which generally means the U.S. government expects to stay more actively involved than in a standard grant, often collaborating on planning, oversight, or key deliverables as the project is carried out. The program is listed under CFDA/Assistance Listing 19.665 and was created on 2024-06-13, with an original application deadline of 2024-07-29.
The central purpose of the project is to strengthen the ability of partner countries to design, pass, and put into practice legal and regulatory frameworks that protect personal data and individual privacy. In addition to supporting formal policy and legal development, the opportunity emphasizes practical capacity building: educating and equipping key stakeholders so that privacy protections can be implemented in real-world settings. A major theme running through the description is enabling trusted cross-border data flows and digital trade, meaning the project is not only about privacy law on paper, but also about building confidence and interoperability so that data can move across borders in ways that respect privacy, support economic activity, and reduce friction for legitimate international digital commerce.
Funding is capped at an award ceiling of $1,000,000, and the agency expects to make one award. Because only one award is anticipated, the selected applicant will likely serve as the primary implementer responsible for delivering the full package of activities, such as stakeholder engagement, training, technical assistance, and support for drafting or improving privacy-related policies and implementation mechanisms. The focus on capacity suggests work that could include helping partner-country institutions understand core data protection concepts, building expertise among regulators and policymakers, developing guidance or playbooks for compliance and enforcement, and convening dialogues among government, industry, and civil society to align expectations around privacy and cross-border data transfers.
Eligible applicants are U.S.-based organizations across several categories: non-profit/non-governmental organizations that fall under 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(6) of the U.S. tax code, private/public/state institutions of higher education (colleges and universities), and for-profit organizations or businesses. In practical terms, the competition is open to a wide range of U.S. entities that can demonstrate credible technical, policy, and program-management capability in privacy, data governance, digital policy, and international capacity-building work, as well as the ability to operate in partnership-country environments and coordinate with government stakeholders.
In short, this opportunity funds a single, relatively substantial project (up to $1 million) aimed at helping partner countries improve data privacy protections through stronger legal frameworks and on-the-ground implementation capacity, while also promoting trusted international data movement that supports cross-border digital trade.Apply for DFOP0016688
- The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Building International Data Protection and Capacity" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.665.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-13.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-29. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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