Notice of Intent: Program to End Modern Slavery FY 2022
This is a future State Department notice for research and implementation projects to reduce human trafficking prevalence in partner countries and jurisdictions, but no application is being accepted yet.
⚑ Notice of Intent only; no application is being accepted at this time · Future competition expected via SAMS-Domestic and Grants.gov · UEI required for award · Broad eligibility includes commercial, international, educational, nonprofit, faith-based, community-based, and public international organizations
This is a trafficking/anti-slavery implementation and prevalence-reduction program in international public health/social services, which is outside IPPRA’s core survey, risk-perception, warning, energy, and education-policy lines. The climate-displacement and public-health hooks are too indirect for a PI-level fit for this team.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-07-07
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 70 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 65 good | peripheral portfolio topic: public_health; signature methods: policy analysis, community engaged; social/behavioral work is central; funds applied research; capped at 65 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 25 weak | funds applied research; deep-tech content |
Description
Note: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. The U.S. State Department’ s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) is not accepting applications at this time. Please review the attached notice for full details.
Background:
The goal of the Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS) is to measurably and substantially reduce the prevalence of human trafficking in targeted populations in partner countries and jurisdictions through innovative interventions driven by research, monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and the expansion of partnerships. PEMS-funded efforts conduct scientifically rigorous research to establish evidence on the effects of anti-trafficking programs on the reduction of the prevalence of human trafficking through the advancement of sound prevalence measurement methodologies, strong monitoring and evaluation practices, evidence-based programming, and the application of victim-centered and trauma-informed approaches. The U.S. Congress has appropriated $25 million annually since Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 for PEMS, totaling $150 million to date.
The TIP Office is interested in funding research and implementation projects focused on five priority areas as they relate to human trafficking: • Supply Chains • Climate Change and Displacement • Public Health • Financial Inclusion • Sex Trafficking
PEMS encourages the use of partnerships with governments, academia, civil society, the private sector, other funders, and international organizations to advance the goals of the program and improve collaboration on the reduction of the prevalence of human trafficking. The TIP Office anticipates that a Statement of Interest (SOI) will be released within the next couple of months on SAMS-Domestic and grants.gov followed by a Notification of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Eligibility
Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) are eligible to apply if and when a Statement of Intent and/or a Notice of Funding Opportunity is published. Lack of past experience with U.S. Department of State cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for TIP Office funding opportunities must have a valid Unique Entity Identifier (formerly the Data Universal Numbering System or DUNS). Although not required for submission of an application via SAMS Domestic on https://mygrants.service-now.com/grants, a valid UEI number is required for organizations selected for an award. Organizations should verify their UEI number or take the steps needed to obtain one as soon as possible. Instructions for obtaining a UEI number can be found at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform.
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