The Department of Energy will establish the Rural and Municipal Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Program to provide grants and technical assistance to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, eligible entities to protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats.
The objectives of the program are:
None is available.
Priority will be given to applicants with the following:
The following entities are eligible:
Estimated application opening date, 4th quarter 2022, not later than 180 days after November 15, 2021.
A total of $250 million is appropriated to this program for fiscal years 2022 through 2026.