The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to invite proposals for funding from state government entities (within US).
Donor Name: Small Business Administration
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
In 2021, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received 847,376 complaints regarding cyberattacks and malicious cyber activity with nearly $7 billion in losses, the majority of which targeted small businesses. Small businesses are attractive targets because they have information that cybercriminals want, and they typically lack the security infrastructure of larger businesses.
According to a recent SBA survey, 88% of small business owners felt their business was vulnerable to a cyber-attack. Yet many businesses can’t afford professional IT solutions, have limited time to devote to cybersecurity, or they don’t know where to begin.
The Consolidated Appropriations Acts, 2022 and 2023, authorized the U.S. Small Business Administration to make grants to States, and the equivalent thereof, to carry out projects that help new small business concerns with tools to combat cybersecurity threats during their formative and most vulnerable years.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding Amount: $6,000,000
- Maximum Funding Amount: $1,000,000
- Minimum Funding Amount: $800,000
Project Duration: Awards will be made for a period of 24 months.
Eligible Applicants
- State governments
- To be eligible for this Funding Opportunity an Applicant must be a “State,” meaning any of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Therefore, only non-Federal entities that meet this definition are eligible to apply for and administer an award under this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For purposes of this Notice of Funding Opportunity, the term “eligible non-Federal entity” means a State agency or other entity that, prior to the date of application for this Announcement, has been officially designated by the State Governor, or equivalent thereof (e.g., Mayor of the District of Columbia), as the sole applicant and lead entity for conducting the State’s cybersecurity education and/or resolution services. The following states are ineligible, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Maryland.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
