Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project

About this funding opportunity

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.

Topic areas: Social Innovation and Community Development, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), Security and Defense.

Funding amount

This cooperative agreement provides $1M-$50M in funding, up to $50M per award.

Deadline

Applications are due Aug 20, 2026. Confirm the exact closing time on the official program page before applying.

Who can apply

This opportunity is open to the following applicant types:

• Large Company

Eligibility

The program did not publish a separate eligibility statement. See the official opportunity page for the full eligibility criteria.

Agency

Pax Silica Artificial Intelligence Assistance Project is administered by Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (EB), listed via Grants.gov.