Opportunity Information: Apply for PAS USASEAN FY24 07
The 2025 YSEALI Regional Workshop: CyberSafe ASEAN is a U.S. Mission to ASEAN funding opportunity focused on countering the fast-growing problem of online scams and related transnational crime originating in or operating through Southeast Asia. The opportunity is grounded in the reality that U.S. citizens are frequent targets of scam networks in the region; the notice cites CSIS estimates that Americans lost about $3.5 billion in 2023 to scams specifically operating from Southeast Asia, with losses continuing to rise. These scams span common fraud types such as online shopping fraud, investment and cryptocurrency schemes, gambling scams, and fake employment offers, and they affect victims across age groups. The problem also overlaps with trafficking in persons because some individuals are kidnapped or coerced into working in scam operations, turning a cybercrime issue into a human security and forced labor crisis.
At its core, the grant supports a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) regional workshop designed to build practical cybersecurity and anti-scam resilience among participants while strengthening cross-border cooperation in ASEAN and with the United States. The workshop is framed as part of a broader international effort to combat transnational crime, with online scams sitting at the intersection of cybercrime, international economic crime, trafficking in persons, and economic migration. The description highlights the scale and severity of the issue: major criminal networks have defrauded Americans and Southeast Asians out of billions of dollars, trafficked thousands of people into scam call centers, pushed others toward illegal migration due to financial pressures, and generated revenues that can feed other criminal enterprises, including drug cartels and organized crime networks. Particular concern is noted for activity linked to or affecting Myanmar, Cambodia, China, and Laos.
A key objective is prevention on multiple levels. The workshop aims to help participants avoid becoming victims of fraud and avoid being trafficked or coerced into scam work by teaching cybersecurity best practices and raising awareness of how scam ecosystems operate in different national contexts. At the same time, it seeks to promote region-wide cooperation that supports the rule of law and strengthens relevant legal and regulatory systems across ASEAN member states, with Timor-Leste included as an observer. The U.S. and the ASEAN Secretariat are described as aligned in viewing scam centers as one of the region’s biggest challenges and committed to working together on solutions. Cambodia is cited as an especially stark example, with an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 people believed to be working in scam compounds, many of them young adults from ASEAN countries as well as from China and South Asia. Ultimately, the program is intended to reduce harm to people in the region while also directly contributing to the prevention of scams that victimize Americans.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement mechanism, meaning the funder typically expects substantial involvement in shaping or coordinating aspects of the project compared with a standard grant. The opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number PAS USASEAN FY24 07, with an award ceiling of $200,000 and an expectation of one award. The CFDA number is 19.040, the issuing agency is the U.S. Mission to ASEAN, and the application deadline is September 5, 2025 (original closing date). Eligible applicants include U.S. public and private educational institutions, U.S. nonprofit organizations (including think tanks), foreign public and private educational institutions, and foreign nonprofit organizations (including think tanks). The full Notice of Funding Opportunity and detailed eligibility requirements are provided through the linked NOFO at https://bit.ly/NOFOCyberSafeASEAN.Apply for PAS USASEAN FY24 07
- The U.S. Mission to ASEAN in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2025 YSEALI Regional Workshop: CyberSafe ASEAN" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.040.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-07-31.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-09-05. (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 $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): 2025 YSEALI Regional Workshop - CyberSafe ASEAN
1) What is the 2025 YSEALI Regional Workshop: CyberSafe ASEAN grant opportunity?
This is a U.S. Mission to ASEAN funding opportunity to support a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) regional workshop focused on countering online scams and related transnational crime originating in or operating through Southeast Asia. The workshop is designed to build practical cybersecurity and anti-scam resilience and strengthen cross-border cooperation in ASEAN and with the United States.
2) What problem is this program trying to address?
The program targets the rapid growth of online scams linked to Southeast Asia and the wider transnational crime ecosystem around them. The opportunity description notes that U.S. citizens are frequent targets, citing CSIS estimates that Americans lost about $3.5 billion in 2023 to scams operating from Southeast Asia, with losses continuing to rise.
3) What types of scams are highlighted in the opportunity description?
The notice references multiple common fraud types, including online shopping fraud, investment and cryptocurrency schemes, gambling scams, and fake employment offers. It also emphasizes that victims span age groups.
4) How does this grant connect online scams to trafficking in persons?
The description explains that scam networks can overlap with trafficking in persons because some individuals are kidnapped or coerced into working in scam operations. This can turn a cybercrime issue into a human security and forced labor crisis.
5) What is the core purpose of the funded workshop?
At its core, the grant supports a YSEALI regional workshop that focuses on practical cybersecurity and anti-scam resilience for participants and improved cross-border cooperation. The workshop is framed as part of an international effort to combat transnational crime at the intersection of cybercrime, international economic crime, trafficking in persons, and economic migration.
6) What prevention goals does the workshop aim to achieve?
The workshop is intended to support prevention at multiple levels. It aims to help participants avoid becoming victims of fraud and avoid being trafficked or coerced into scam work by teaching cybersecurity best practices and raising awareness of how scam ecosystems operate across different national contexts.
7) Does the opportunity emphasize regional cooperation or policy/legal systems?
Yes. The opportunity states the workshop seeks to promote region-wide cooperation that supports the rule of law and strengthens relevant legal and regulatory systems across ASEAN member states, with Timor-Leste included as an observer.
8) Which countries or areas are specifically mentioned as being of concern?
The description notes particular concern for activity linked to or affecting Myanmar, Cambodia, China, and Laos.
9) Why is Cambodia mentioned in the notice?
Cambodia is cited as a stark example of the scam-compound problem. The opportunity description estimates that 150,000 to 200,000 people may be working in scam compounds there, many of them young adults from ASEAN countries, as well as from China and South Asia.
10) Who is the issuing agency for this funding opportunity?
The issuing agency is the U.S. Mission to ASEAN.
11) What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON)?
The Funding Opportunity Number is PAS USASEAN FY24 07.
12) What is the CFDA number for this program?
The CFDA number listed is 19.040.
13) What is the award type and what does that imply?
This is a discretionary award using a cooperative agreement mechanism. The notice indicates that, compared with a standard grant, the funder typically expects substantial involvement in shaping or coordinating aspects of the project.
14) How much funding is available?
The award ceiling is $200,000.
15) How many awards are expected?
The opportunity indicates an expectation of one award.
16) When is the application deadline?
The application deadline is September 5, 2025 (original closing date).
17) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include: U.S. public and private educational institutions; U.S. nonprofit organizations (including think tanks); foreign public and private educational institutions; and foreign nonprofit organizations (including think tanks).
18) Is this opportunity limited to U.S.-based organizations?
No. The eligibility list includes both U.S. and foreign educational institutions and nonprofit organizations, including think tanks.
19) How does this program benefit people in Southeast Asia and the United States?
The description states that the program is intended to reduce harm to people in the region while also directly contributing to the prevention of scams that victimize Americans.
20) Where can applicants find the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and detailed requirements?
The full Notice of Funding Opportunity and detailed eligibility requirements are provided through the linked NOFO at: https://bit.ly/NOFOCyberSafeASEAN.
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