Deadline: 03-Mar-22
The Small Business Administration is seeking applications for the Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program.
Cyber-attacks are a growing threat for small businesses and the U.S. economy. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Report, the cost of cybercrimes reached $2.7 billion in 2020 alone. Small businesses are attractive targets because they have information that cybercriminals want, and they typically lack the security infrastructure of larger businesses.
Funding Information
- SBA expects to issue awards based on the funds appropriated. The Federal budget for the Cybersecurity for Small Business Pilot Program for program year 2021-2022 is $3,000,000.
- SBA expects to award up to three awards with no single award exceeding $1,000,000. Individual award amounts are anticipated in the range of $800,000 to $1,000,000.
- The period of performance for this award is one-year (12-months).
Eligibility Criteria
- 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.
- State governments
Ineligible
- Any organization that has not been officially designated by a State Governor as the sole applicant and lead entity for conducting the State’s cybersecurity education and/or remediation services (See Section – Eligible non-Federal entity.);
- Any organization that owes an outstanding and unresolved financial obligation to the Federal government;
- Any organization that is currently suspended, debarred or otherwise prohibited from receiving awards of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements from the Federal government;
- Any organization with an outstanding and unresolved material deficiency reported under the requirements of the Single Audit Act or OMB Circular A-133 within the past three years;
- Any organization that has had a grant or cooperative agreement involuntarily terminated or non-renewed by SBA for cause within the past one year;
- Any organization that has filed for bankruptcy within the past five years;
- Any organization that proposes to serve as a pass-through and permits another organization to manage the dayto-day operations of the project; and/or
- Any organization that was convicted, or had an officer or agent acting on its behalf convicted, of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the past two years.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337476