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CYBER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 2026-01

Award ceiling
$450,000 – $500,000
Closes
Sep 1, 2026
Last verified
2026-09-18

Awards $450,000 – $500,000 per recipient for public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, closing Sep 1, 2026.

Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationState governmentsDEMIOHBusiness & Commerce

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CYBER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM 2026-01 awards $450,000 – $500,000 per recipient, open to public and state controlled institutions of higher education, state governments in DE, MI, OH, closing Sep 1, 2026.

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Program pool (total)
Not confirmed
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$500,000
Award floor
$450,000
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Sep 1, 2026
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Aug 10, 2026
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education · State governments
Geography
DE · MI · OH
Matching funds
No
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
technical assistance to entrepreneurial development resource partners
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
Not stated
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$500,000

Who can apply?

level
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, State governments
Source field: entity types
state
DE, MI, OH
Source field: states
industry
Source field: industries
use
technical assistance to entrepreneurial development resource partners
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

A state entity or university may submit one proposal in response to this Funding Opportunity. •To be eligible for this Funding Opportunity an applicant must be a state entity or university in the state of Delaware, Michigan, or Ohio that…

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When does it close?

Sep 1, 2026ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

1 category
The source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
technical assistance to entrepreneurial development resource partners

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

1 field
Effort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
No

What comparable notices state

6 records
Stated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Sample too small. 6 open records stored under Business & Commerce state an award ceiling, and no figures are shown below 10. Three records do not have a middle, and a median drawn from them would be read as a benchmark.

Common questions

6 questions
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How much can one applicant receive?
$450,000 – $500,000 per recipient.
When is the application deadline?
Sep 1, 2026.
Who is eligible to apply?
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, State governments.
Which locations are eligible?
DE, MI, OH.
What can the funding be used for?
technical assistance to entrepreneurial development resource partners, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
No. The source states that no matching funds are required.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-18
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-18

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