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Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Programs is sponsored by U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL). This opportunity seeks proposals for programs that investigate how perpetrators of transnational repression infiltrate diaspora communities using faith-based or quasi-government organizations to target individuals and groups across borders.
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The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has opened NOFO DFOP0019327, a $2.96 million single-award competition to build a global coalition countering transnational repression — the practice of governments reaching across borders to silence dissidents, journalists, and diaspora communities. Applications from nonprofits, think tanks, and NGOs are due August 12, 2026. Here is what transnational repression is, what DRL is actually buying, who is eligible, and how to build a competitive proposal for a winner-take-all award.
Read articleDRL's Advancing Labor Rights in the Garment Industry opportunity (DFOP0019477) offers exactly $986,500 — floor and ceiling identical — for a single 24-month award. Eligibility is scoped to countries with signed Agreements on Reciprocal Trade with the United States, and Bangladesh is explicitly excluded. That design tells you more about the program than the funding amount does.
Read articleDRL's Global Rapid Response Fund, DFOP0019705, closes August 31, 2026 with a single award of $9,569,050 and subgrants of $10,000 to $100,000. Only 40 percent of the award can flow through as subgrants, which means the majority of a rapid-response fund is not rapid-response money at all. Here is how to read that, and who is actually built to win it.
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