Program to End Modern Slavery Annual Program Statement
Funds evidence-based anti-trafficking interventions to develop, test, evaluate, and scale programs that combat modern slavery and transnational crime.
⚑ For-profit applicants may be subject to additional review; Department of State assistance awards prohibit profit to for-profit/commercial organizations. · Foreign governments are not eligible to apply (foreign beneficiaries may still be involved as program recipients). · Annual Program Statement; eligibility includes educational institutions and public international organizations.
This is primarily an anti-trafficking / justice and social-services intervention program, centered on service delivery and applied program implementation rather than the team’s usual survey-based work on climate, energy, weather, and nuclear/security risk perception. The national security framing is too indirect to make it a plausible PI-level fit for this group.
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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: surveys longitudinal, community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds applied research; capped at 65 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 25 weak | funds applied research; deep-tech content |
Description
The TIP Office invites applications for the Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS). PEMS programming establishes a strategic funding framework to develop, test, evaluate, and scale evidence-based anti-trafficking interventions that directly advance U.S. national security, economic competitiveness, and efforts to combat transnational crime.
Eligibility
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
· Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations · Public and private educational institutions · For-profit organizations · Public International Organizations · U.S. government agencies
Applications submitted by for-profit entities may be subject to additional review following the panel selection process. Additionally, the Department of State prohibits profit to for-profit or commercial organizations under its assistance awards. Profit is defined as any amount in excess of allowable direct and indirect costs. The allowability of costs incurred by commercial organizations is determined in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 48 CFR 30, Cost Accounting Standards Administration, and 48 CFR 31 Contract Cost Principles and Procedures.
While foreign governments are not eligible to apply, governments may be beneficiaries of programs pro
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