Grant opportunity
Promoting Responsible Investment and Rights-Respecting Production Models
This program will help responsible businesses counter unfair competition from production models relying on forced labor, worker exploitation, and other violations or abuses of internationally recognized labor rights. The program will also promote worker upskilling by working with leading foreign companies in critical industries to develop and strengthen private-sector workforce development practices and programs that support resilient, rights-respecting supply chains.
- Funder
- Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
- Applications close 2026-08-31
- Applications close 2026-08-31: Aug 31, 2026
- Award
- USD 2,959,500
- Applicant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Discipline
- Social Sciences, Policy and Governance
- Region
- United States
- Posted
- Aug 17, 2026
Call summary
Overview
Promoting Responsible Investment and Rights-Respecting Production Models is official opportunity DFOP0019659, published by Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor on 14 August 2026.
Who can apply
Eligible applicant types listed by the agency: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification). Applicants must also satisfy every programme-specific condition in the full notice.
What it supports
- This program will help responsible businesses counter unfair competition from production models relying on forced labor, worker exploitation, and other violations or abuses of internationally recognized labor rights. The program will also promote worker upskilling by working with leading foreign companies in critical industries to develop and strengthen private-sector workforce development practices and programs that support resilient, rights-respecting supply chains.
- Opportunity number: DFOP0019659
Funding and duration
- Award ceiling: USD 2,959,500
- Expected number of awards: 1
Applications close 2026-08-31
Applications close 2026-08-31: Aug 31, 2026
How to apply
Open the official Grants.gov record, review the full notice and attachments, and use the application package or agency submission route stated there.
Call details
Source-based overview
This program will help responsible businesses counter unfair competition from production models relying on forced labor, worker exploitation, and other violations or abuses of internationally recognized labor rights. The program will also promote worker upskilling by working with leading foreign companies in critical industries to develop and strengthen private-sector workforce development practices and programs that support resilient, rights-respecting supply chains. The official record contains the controlling eligibility, budget, attachment and submission requirements for opportunity DFOP0019659.
Eligibility
Eligible applicant types listed by the agency: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification). Applicants must also satisfy every programme-specific condition in the full notice.
Funding and benefits
Award ceiling: USD 2,959,500
Expected number of awards: 1
Themes and supported activities
This program will help responsible businesses counter unfair competition from production models relying on forced labor, worker exploitation, and other violations or abuses of internationally recognized labor rights. The program will also promote worker upskilling by working with leading foreign companies in critical industries to develop and strengthen private-sector workforce development practices and programs that support resilient, rights-respecting supply chains.
Opportunity number: DFOP0019659
Deadline and timeline
Applications close 2026-08-31: Applications close 2026-08-31: Aug 31, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Open the official Grants.gov record, review the full notice and attachments, and use the application package or agency submission route stated there.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.