Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0005987
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) released a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Political Instability Risks in the Western Balkans" (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0005987) to support projects focused on anticipating and mitigating threats to political stability and Euro-Atlantic integration across the Western Balkans. The core purpose is to strengthen how the U.S. government and regional stakeholders plan and coordinate by producing better regional-level analysis, especially analysis that can move beyond descriptive reporting and toward practical forecasting. Rather than funding traditional programming or country-by-country assessments, the opportunity emphasizes work that treats instability as a cross-border, interconnected problem and generates products that are directly usable for interagency and regional planning.
The solicitation specifically calls for projects that build new analytic platforms and predictive tools. In practice, that means proposals were expected to go beyond standard research reports and instead create systems, methodologies, or toolkits that help decision-makers spot early warning signals, identify emerging risks, and compare scenarios over time. The intent is to improve anticipation of stability threats by integrating different sources of information and presenting them in ways that support planning, prioritization, and coordination. The framing suggests an interest in innovations such as structured analytic techniques, risk indicators and dashboards, scenario-generation approaches, or other forecasting and monitoring models that can be updated as conditions change.
Applicants were instructed to align their proposals with one of two thematic areas, but with a clear limitation: proposals should not focus on election interference or on destabilizing economic influence from China in the Western Balkans. In other words, CSO was open to a range of other political instability drivers and pathways, but it wanted applicants to look outside those two commonly discussed categories. The opportunity's language also underlines that the work should address threats from a regional perspective, implying attention to how political dynamics in one place can spill over into neighboring countries, affect regional cohesion, and complicate Euro-Atlantic integration trajectories.
From an administrative standpoint, this was offered as a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates a closer working relationship with the funding agency than a standard grant, often involving more frequent coordination, shared planning, or iterative development of deliverables. The award ceiling was $1,323,250. The opportunity was published on June 27, 2019, with an original closing date of August 16, 2019. The CFDA number listed is 19.121. While the notice lists "ExpectedAwards: 0" in the provided data, the solicitation still functioned as a call for proposals under the stated ceiling and structure, and applicants would have been expected to propose a coherent scope of work within that maximum funding level.
Eligibility was limited to nonprofits that do not have 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. The agency of record is the Department of State, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, and the activity category is listed as "Other," with additional clarification referenced in the full solicitation materials. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a targeted investment in region-wide early warning and forecasting capacity for the Western Balkans, designed to produce actionable analytic infrastructure that helps policymakers and planners reduce political instability risks and support Euro-Atlantic integration goals, while intentionally steering applicants away from election-interference and China-economic-influence frames.Apply for SFOP0005987
- The Department of State, Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Political Instability Risks in the Western Balkans" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.121.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 27, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 16, 2019. (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 $1,323,250.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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