Deadline: 25-Sep-2025
The Government of Canada has announced the Cyber Security Cooperation Program (CSCP) 2025, inviting applications for funding to strengthen Canada’s cyber security resilience, protect critical infrastructure, and enhance public awareness and skills.
The focus is projects and initiatives that support the development or sustainability of post-secondary level cyber security degree programs located in rural areas, or flexible programs through continuing education programs, projects and initiatives that increase the ability of Canadians to recognize, avoid, and report on cybercrime, such as scams and fraud, projects and initiatives that increase public awareness of cyber threats and improve Canada’s cyber hygiene, such as those that promote free and trustworthy cyber security resources, provide cyber security resources in different languages, or support the education of students at the primary and secondary education levels, projects, initiatives, and research that contribute to Canada’s cyber innovation, such as those focusing on Internet of Things (IoT) devices, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and connected vehicles, projects, initiatives, and research that contribute to Canada’s understanding of the economics of cybercrime and cyber security, projects, initiatives, and research that encourage organizations to prioritize consumer cyber security and/or encourage organizations to adopt secure technology, and projects and initiatives that support the cyber resiliency of municipalities, municipal services, and Indigenous communities.
The CSCP provides time-limited funding in the form of grants, with a total of $10.3 million in project funding available until March 31, 2030. Maximum funding per project is set at $300,000 per year, with stacking limits in place to ensure government assistance does not exceed 75 percent of total eligible expenses, except for projects led by provincial, territorial, or municipal governments which may receive up to 100 percent.
The program is open to Canadian not-for-profit organizations, Indigenous governments, academic and research institutions, and provincial, territorial, and local governments. Canadian for-profit organizations may also be eligible under certain circumstances. Applicants must demonstrate readiness to begin project activities soon after approval, with projects expected to be completed before March 2030.
Eligible expenses include salaries, office equipment, program supplies, travel, development of training materials, professional and consulting fees, research costs, translation, and administrative expenses. Proposals must clearly outline how requested funds will be used to support the approved objectives.
Preference may be given to proposals that support or mobilize groups such as youth, Indigenous communities, LGBTQ+, the elderly, vulnerable groups, and other diverse communities to become more cyber resilient, innovative, and collaborative.
Applications will be reviewed by a Senior Official Selection Committee, with funding agreements structured as single or multi-year commitments depending on the project scope.
For more information, visit Government of Canada.
