Nonproliferation Policy Education Center

Post Date

August 30th 2011

Application Due Date

September 13th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

HQ0034-11-1-0003

CFDA Number(s)

12.300

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement
Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This award is based on the Broad Agency Announcement HQ0034-ONA-09-BAA-0002 and will be awarded to Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Inc

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $199898

• Award Range:

  $19989 - $199898

Grant Description

One of the greatest perils of our time is the possibility that nuclear weapons fall into the hands of unauthorized non-State actors, who might have the will to use them. This scenario is a major source of concern to many in the United States and in the international community. Such a scenario might very well materialize in circumstances under which a central government loses authority and/or control over its nuclear arsenal. In order to better understand the circumstances under which this could happen in potentially adverse countries •À_ existing nuclear-armed countries such as Pakistan and North Korea, or even China, and future nuclear ones such as Iran and potential others (Egypt? Algeria?) •À_ it would be useful to learn from history how State and non-State domestic actors have behaved when a nuclear-armed country is in turmoil. Much has been written on this broad theme over the past decades. But published texts are either short general essays, analyses of current concerns regarding a particular country (e.g. Pakistan), or country-specific historical overviews. No comprehensive, in-depth, country-by-country comparative study has ever been conducted in this regard; and even less has been attempted in terms of lessons from history for ensuring future control of nuclear arsenals and complexes.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Natalie Melomed
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 703-588-1138

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Office

• Agency Email Address:

  natalie.melomed@whs.mil