Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ILAB 19 04
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) offered a grant opportunity called "Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced Labor" (FOA ILAB 19 04). The agency set aside up to $3,000,000 in total funding, depending on the availability of federal funds, to support a single award. Rather than funding direct service delivery alone, the purpose of this cooperative agreement is to provide technical assistance that strengthens how forced labor research is produced, shared, and ultimately used, so that real-world decisions in policy and practice are better informed and more likely to reduce forced labor globally.
At its core, the project is meant to close a common gap: useful research exists in some places, but in many contexts the evidence is limited, fragmented, or not translated into forms that decision-makers can act on. ILAB framed two main outcomes. The first is increasing knowledge about the nature and extent of forced labor in areas where research is scarce, which implies generating credible studies, improving measurement or analytic tools, and clarifying how forced labor shows up in specific sectors, geographies, or supply chains. The second outcome is increasing the mobilization of decision-makers across the private sector, governments, and civil society, meaning the work should not stop at producing reports. It should actively help move evidence into strategies, policies, corporate practices, and program choices that prevent, identify, and remediate forced labor.
The award instrument is a cooperative agreement, which usually signals a more hands-on relationship between the funder and recipient than a standard grant. In practice, that often means the recipient carries out the technical work, research coordination, and dissemination, while ILAB may remain engaged through approvals, consultation, or collaboration to ensure deliverables align with program goals and public-interest requirements. The period of performance could last up to four years (48 months) from the award start date, giving enough time to design studies, collect and analyze data, validate tools, publish findings, and run sustained uptake activities aimed at influencing decision-makers.
A notable requirement is that applicants had to propose at least two studies as part of the project. This sets a minimum level of research output and suggests ILAB expected more than a single exploratory assessment. The studies likely needed to be designed to directly support the two outcomes: filling evidence gaps and enabling action. Alongside the studies, the notice anticipates the development or use of research tools, and it places clear emphasis on public access. Studies and research tools that are considered primary deliverables under the agreement must be published and made publicly available before the project ends. After the agreement closes, results can still be published independently without using USDOL funds, but the key outputs funded under the award must be released within the project timeline.
Eligibility was broad and included commercial, international, educational, and non-profit organizations, as well as faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and public international organizations, as long as they could credibly carry out the objectives in the funding opportunity description. This wide eligibility reflects the reality that forced labor research and the ability to influence anti-forced-labor action can sit in many types of institutions, including research organizations, universities, NGOs, industry-linked groups, and international entities with field presence and access to partners.
Administratively, this was a discretionary funding opportunity under CFDA 17.401, with an original posting date of May 28, 2019 and an application deadline of August 7, 2019 (4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). ILAB expected to make one award, with a maximum award amount (ceiling) of $3,000,000. Overall, the opportunity is best understood as an evidence-to-impact initiative: it funds the generation of high-value forced labor research in under-studied areas and, equally importantly, the translation of that evidence into concrete decision-making by the institutions most capable of preventing and responding to forced labor.Apply for FOA ILAB 19 04
- The Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Evidence to Action: Increasing the Impact of Research to Mobilize Efforts against Forced Labor" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.401.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 28, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 07, 2019 Applications must be received no later than 40000 p.m. Eastern Time.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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