Protecting the American Seafood Supply Chain by Countering Unfair Labor Practices and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU)Fishing

The Protecting the American Seafood Supply Chain by Countering Unfair Labor Practices and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated IUU Fishing funding opportunity is offered by the U.S. Department of Labor through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs. The opportunity is identified as FOA-ILAB-26-29 and is associated with Assistance Listing 17.401, International Labor Programs. It is a federal discretionary funding opportunity and will be awarded through a cooperative agreement. The stated focus is protecting the American seafood supply chain by countering unfair labor practices and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. The Department of Labor expects to make one award under this opportunity. Estimated total program funding is 11000000, and both the stated award floor and award ceiling are 11000000. Accordingly, the available source information indicates that the single anticipated cooperative agreement is for 11000000. The source does not provide additional information about allowable cost categories, prohibited expenditures, indirect cost limitations, subaward limitations, or a period of performance. Applicants should therefore rely on the full funding opportunity announcement and application package for any requirements that are not contained in the supplied Grants.gov synopsis. No cost sharing or matching is required. Eligible applicants include commercial, international, educational, and nonprofit organizations. The eligibility language expressly includes faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, and public international organizations. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to apply, as are all organizations that satisfy the eligibility requirements. The Department of Labor states that eligible organizations may receive awards without discrimination based on religious character, affiliation, exercise, lack thereof, or conduct that would not constitute grounds to favor or disfavor a similarly situated secular organization. The supplied eligibility language does not establish a U.S. state or territory restriction. Applications are submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The opportunity includes an Apply link that directs applicants to the Grants.gov workspace creation process. Applications must be submitted electronically no later than September 21, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The opportunity was posted on August 21, 2026, and the supplied synopsis does not identify a separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not identify a recurring or rolling submission schedule. The supplied Grants.gov synopsis does not provide application questions, narrative prompts, required upload lists, detailed evaluation criteria, scoring criteria, or review priorities beyond the stated purpose and eligibility information. Because these elements are not included in the supplied source, they should not be inferred. Likewise, no award notification date or performance period is stated in the supplied synopsis. The archive date is September 28, 2026, seven days after the current application closing date. Questions concerning the funding opportunity may be emailed to OGM_ILAB@dol.gov. The Grantor Contact Information also identifies Sue Levenstein and provides the same OGM_ILAB@dol.gov email address for applicants having difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically. No telephone number is supplied. The opportunity was posted and last updated on August 21, 2026. The current and original application closing dates are both September 21, 2026. No language in the supplied source states that the opportunity recurs annually, biennially, quarterly, or according to another recurring cycle.