Strengthening Law Enforcement Engagement with Repatriated Individuals
This grant funds programs to help law enforcement in countries receiving returnees from Syria and Iraq better engage, monitor, and prevent radicalization among repatriated individuals.
Funder: Bureau of Counterterrorism
Due Dates: April 25, 2026 (Questions due) | June 9, 2026 (Full application due)
Funding Amounts: One award of $986,679 (12 months; no cost sharing required)
Summary: Supports programs to strengthen law enforcement engagement with individuals repatriated from northeast Syria and Iraq to reduce radicalization and improve community reintegration.
Description
This funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism seeks to improve law enforcement’s ability to engage productively with individuals repatriated from northeast Syria and Iraq in their countries of origin. The program aims to prevent negative interactions with returnees, reduce community tensions and stigmatization, and lower the risk of terrorist radicalization and recidivism. It also supports more effective monitoring of returnee populations and the establishment of early warning mechanisms for those at risk of radicalization or reengagement in terrorist activity.
Priority regions include Europe and Eurasia, South and Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, East Asia and Pacific, and the Western Hemisphere, with specific interest in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maldives, Tajikistan, Iraq, Indonesia, and Trinidad and Tobago. The program is designed for a 12-month period and emphasizes flexible implementation in coordination with the Bureau of Counterterrorism.
