Artificial Intelligence for American Competitiveness and Economic Security (AI-ACES) in South Asia
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: July 1, 2026
Close date: August 2, 2026
Opportunity ID: 363033
Opportunity number: DFOP0018586
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Agency code: DOS-SA
Award floor: $2,000,000
Award ceiling: $5,000,000
Cost sharing required: No
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Other
Eligible Applicants
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:dos_sa
- category_of_funding_activity:other
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:false
- eligible_applicants:for_profit_organizations_other_than_small_businesses
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
The program within SCA will aim to deploy American AI technology securely in U.S. partners’ strategic economic sectors and infrastructure. The specific strategic economic sector(s) and organizations (including government, public institutions like utilities, and private companies) targeted in each country for support would be developed in consultation with State Department and host country governments and based on the geopolitical and economic factors of each country.