Opportunity Information: Apply for SFOP0006023
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations (CSO), released a discretionary funding opportunity titled "Enhancing Predictions of Political Violence - Developing Women, Peace, and Security Indicators" (Funding Opportunity Number SFOP0006023). The grant is designed to tackle a specific gap in how governments and analysts anticipate instability: many global early warning systems (EWS) and risk assessment models do not adequately include indicators that capture the experiences, conditions, and risks facing women and girls. CSO is seeking proposals that would directly address this shortfall by developing a publicly available set of Women, Peace, and Security Indicators (WPSI) that can be used to improve forecasting and early warning related to political violence or threats of violence.
At its core, the opportunity is about strengthening prediction and prevention. Early warning systems are often used to monitor emerging risks, flag escalation pathways, and support timely responses by policymakers and practitioners. However, when gender-related dynamics are missing or weakly represented, these systems can overlook key warning signs and patterns that precede violence, especially forms of violence that disproportionately affect women and girls or that signal broader breakdowns in security and governance. By funding work to create WPS indicators that can be integrated into global risk analyses, CSO aims to make these analytical tools more sensitive, more accurate, and more actionable for conflict prevention and stabilization efforts.
The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the agency expects to be more involved than under a standard grant, often collaborating on technical direction, deliverables, or project coordination. The maximum award amount listed is $246,875. The opportunity falls under CFDA number 19.121 and is categorized under an "Other" funding activity area, indicating it does not fit neatly into a standard program category and is likely tailored to this specialized analytical and indicator-development purpose. Notably, the listing shows an expected awards value of 0, which can sometimes reflect administrative or posting conventions rather than an absence of intent to fund, but the competition itself is clearly described as open for applications.
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education. In practical terms, the target applicant pool is likely policy research nonprofits, conflict early warning and analytics organizations, and specialized women, peace, and security (WPS) groups with demonstrated technical capacity in indicator design, data collection methodologies, validation, and dissemination. The opportunity emphasizes the creation of a publicly available indicator set, suggesting that the deliverables should be designed for broad use by governments, international organizations, researchers, and practitioners working on conflict prevention, stabilization, and protection.
The notice was created on July 18, 2019, with an original application deadline of August 19, 2019. Overall, the opportunity can be summarized as a focused investment in improving the data and indicator foundation of political violence prediction by ensuring women and girls are explicitly and systematically included in early warning frameworks, culminating in a usable, public WPS indicator set intended to strengthen monitoring, mitigation, and response efforts worldwide.Apply for SFOP0006023
- 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 "Enhancing Predictions of Political Violence – Developing Women, Peace, and Security Indicators" 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 Jul 18, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 19, 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 $246,875.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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1) What is this funding opportunity called?
The opportunity is titled "Enhancing Predictions of Political Violence - Developing Women, Peace, and Security Indicators" (WPSI).
2) Who is offering this grant?
The funder is the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations (CSO).
3) What is the Funding Opportunity Number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is SFOP0006023.
4) What problem is the grant trying to solve?
This opportunity is intended to address a gap in many global early warning systems (EWS) and risk assessment models: they often do not adequately include indicators that capture the experiences, conditions, and risks facing women and girls. The funded work is meant to correct that shortfall by developing Women, Peace, and Security Indicators (WPSI) that can strengthen forecasting and early warning related to political violence or threats of violence.
5) What is the main purpose of the project CSO wants to fund?
The main purpose is to develop a publicly available set of Women, Peace, and Security Indicators (WPSI) that can be used to improve prediction, forecasting, and early warning for political violence or threats of violence.
6) What are "Women, Peace, and Security Indicators" (WPSI) in this context?
In this notice, WPSI refers to a set of indicators specifically designed to capture gender-related dynamics affecting women and girls in ways that are relevant to instability, conflict risk, and violence escalation. The indicators are meant to be usable within early warning and risk analysis tools so those tools better detect warning signs and patterns that might otherwise be missed.
7) Why does CSO emphasize including women and girls in early warning systems?
The opportunity description explains that when gender-related dynamics are missing or weakly represented, early warning systems can overlook key warning signs and patterns that precede violence. This can include forms of violence that disproportionately affect women and girls, as well as signals of broader breakdowns in security and governance. CSO aims to make risk analysis tools more sensitive, accurate, and actionable by strengthening gender-related indicators.
8) What kinds of deliverables does the opportunity emphasize?
The notice emphasizes the creation of a publicly available indicator set (the WPSI). This implies the outputs should be designed for broad use and integration into global risk analyses and early warning frameworks.
9) Does the opportunity require the indicator set to be public?
Yes. The description specifically calls for developing a publicly available set of Women, Peace, and Security Indicators.
10) Who is expected to use the resulting indicators?
Based on the notice, the indicator set is intended for broad use by governments, international organizations, researchers, and practitioners working on conflict prevention, stabilization, protection, and early warning/risk assessment.
11) What funding mechanism is being used?
The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement.
12) What does it mean that the award is a cooperative agreement?
The notice indicates that a cooperative agreement typically involves more agency involvement than a standard grant. CSO may collaborate on areas such as technical direction, deliverables, and/or project coordination.
13) What is the maximum award amount?
The maximum award amount listed is $246,875.
14) What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 19.121.
15) What is the funding activity area for this opportunity?
The notice categorizes the funding activity area as "Other," suggesting it is tailored to a specialized analytical and indicator-development purpose rather than a standard program category.
16) The listing shows an expected awards value of 0. Does that mean no one will be funded?
Not necessarily. The opportunity description notes that an "expected awards value of 0" can sometimes reflect administrative or posting conventions rather than an absence of intent to fund. The notice still presents a competition that is open for applications.
17) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education.
18) Are universities or colleges eligible to apply?
No. The notice explicitly excludes institutions of higher education.
19) What types of organizations does this opportunity seem geared toward?
Based on the description, the likely applicant pool includes policy research nonprofits, conflict early warning and analytics organizations, and specialized Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) groups with technical capacity in indicator design, data collection methodologies, validation, and dissemination.
20) What kind of technical capabilities are implied by the notice?
The notice suggests applicants should have demonstrated technical capacity related to indicator development, such as designing indicators, developing or applying data collection methodologies, validating indicator usefulness, and disseminating the resulting indicator set for broad public use.
21) How does this project relate to political violence prediction and prevention?
The opportunity is framed as strengthening prediction and prevention by improving the underlying indicators used in early warning systems. By integrating WPS indicators into risk analyses, the goal is to improve monitoring of emerging risks, identify escalation pathways earlier, and support timely responses by policymakers and practitioners.
22) When was the notice created?
The notice was created on July 18, 2019.
23) What was the application deadline?
The original application deadline was August 19, 2019.
24) What is the core outcome CSO is trying to achieve with this funding?
The core outcome is a usable, public set of Women, Peace, and Security Indicators that improves the sensitivity and accuracy of early warning and forecasting tools related to political violence, strengthening conflict prevention and stabilization efforts worldwide.
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