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Cybersecurity grants

DHS, DoD and NSF funding for security innovation

Security is funded everywhere because every agency is a target. The bar is operational: reviewers want evidence your approach survives a real adversary, and increasingly want to see it tested against an actual environment during Phase I.

Cybersecurity research and development work funded by federal grants

$240M+ won by our team

PhD-level specialists, never a template or an AI tool.

Agencies funding cybersecurity

  • Department of Homeland Security logo
  • Department of Defense logo
  • National Science Foundation logo
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology logo

Programs that fit cybersecurity companies

01

DHS SBIR

Two solicitations a year mapped to component operational needs.

02

DoD SBIR

Zero trust, cyber resilience and weapons-system security topics.

03

NSF SBIR: Security

Cryptography, privacy and foundational security research.

What reviewers actually score

  • A concrete threat model rather than a generic risk narrative
  • Evaluation against real adversarial conditions
  • Deployment story inside an existing security stack

Where we work in cybersecurity

Zero trust
Post-quantum cryptography
OT & ICS security
Threat detection
Privacy technology
Secure hardware

Fund your cybersecurity R&D

Talk to us about your federal funding plans and we'll help you make it happen through effective, results-driven grant writing.