Protecting the American Seafood Supply Chain by Countering Unfair Labor Practices and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
Cooperative agreements to organizations to counter unfair labor practices and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the American seafood supply chain.
⚑ Cooperative agreement · Open to commercial, international, educational, nonprofit, faith-based, community-based, and public international organizations · Award ceiling $11,000,000
This is an international labor enforcement / supply-chain compliance technical-assistance opportunity centered on fisheries, labor practices, and IUU fishing. It does not match this team’s core social-science lines in public risk perception, weather/emergency communication, energy/nuclear attitudes, or education policy evaluation, and there is no obvious PI-level fit for any roster member.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-08-22
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 53 partial | outside portfolio topics; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds technical assistance, not research (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | no commercialization signal |
Description
Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) may be emailed to OGM_ILAB@dol.gov.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organizations, including any faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, or public international organizations (PIOs). Faith-based organizations are encouraged to apply, as are all organizations. Those that meet the eligibility requirements may receive awards under this funding opportunity. DOL will not, in the selection of recipients and administration of the grant, discriminate on the basis of an organization's religious character, affiliation, exercise, or lack thereof, or on the basis of conduct that would not be considered grounds to favor or disfavor a similarly situated secular organization.
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