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Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project

Federal funding opportunity DFOP0019193 from Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (Department of State).

Posted
August 7, 2026
Closes
August 20, 2026
Award ceiling
$50,000,000
Award floor
$1,000,000
Expected awards
3
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Assistance listing
19.322
Category
Business and Commerce

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 19.322 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$18.9M
FY2025 obligated
$0
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$986,500
Awards in window
21

Top recipients: Arizona State University, Organis Cooperation Developp Economique, Ios Partners, Inc., Financial Services Volunteer Corps, International Monetary Fund

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed August 2026

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Synopsis

Leveraging foreign assistance from the Pax Fund, this NOFO launches the Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistance Project—a historic first-of-its-kind programmatic initiative to strengthen global AI supply chain security by creating a trusted supply chain credentialing and provenance platform to secure the AI supply chain in partner countries and economies. This NOFO seeks to fund the establishment of a Silicon Highway: a digital-physical corridor that accelerates logistics and compliance operations among partner countries with cryptographic cargo verification, AI-expedited risk assessment, and pre-approved expedited processing early in the supply chain. The Department maintains its rights of use to intangible property created under this project per 2 CFR 200.315.

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Agency contact: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs · 202-890-9795

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