MANUFACTURING AND SMALL BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY RESILIENCE PROGRAM 2026

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity is to invite proposals for funding to deliver technical assistance to small businesses. Only applications from the states of Indiana, Ohio, or Virginia that have experience in managing a state-wide, regional or nationwide cybersecurity training program will be considered for funding via this announcement. Applicants must be states, state entities or designated by the state to deliver this program.

A state entity or university may submit one proposal in response to this Funding Opportunity. 3.2 Eligible Applicants • To be eligible for this Funding Opportunity an applicant must be a state entity or university, or designee of the state, in the state of Indiana, Ohio, or Virginia. These states were previous recipients of SBA Cybersecurity Pilot Program funding and have demonstrated experience in providing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) tier 1 training. Applicants must provide documentation of specific, eligible history of service of providing cybersecurity training relevant to the proposed Program. See Section 8.1, Definitions.