Notice of Funding Opportunity for Cyber Resilient Massachusetts Grant Program

NOFO No. 2026-Cyber-01

This solicitation is an update to NOFO No. 2024-Cyber-01 and 2025-Cyber-01

The Mass Cyber Center, a division of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is issuing this Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Cyber Resilient Massachusetts Grant Program (NOFO No.2026-Cyber-01) to solicit responses from municipalities, small businesses, and nonprofits interested in receiving grants to fund Security Operations Center (SOC) services, including Managed Detection and Response ("MDR") and other related services. Municipalities, small businesses, and nonprofits in Massachusetts are eligible to receive a grant of up to $25,000 to fund SOC services from CyberTrust Massachusetts for up to three years.

Grants are eligible to fund the following CyberTrust Massachusetts services: 

• Managed Detection and Response (SentinelOne)
• Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
• Application Control and ZeroTrust  (technology solution-provider: ThreatLocker)

CyberTrust Massachusetts is a nonprofit organization working closely with the MassCyberCenter and receiving grant funding to manage the operation of its SOC and support Cyber Ranges located at colleges and universities across the Commonwealth.  Municipalities may contract directly with CyberTrust Massachusetts for MDR and related cybersecurity services without a public procurement process (See 2023 Mass. Chapter 77, Section 195).

Application Requirements

Applicants must first receive a scope of work from CyberTrust Massachusetts for services before applying to this solicitation. Respondents must include this scope of work as part of their application per section 3.1 of the NOFO.

To develop a scope of work, interested municipal respondents should contact muni@cybertrustmass.org; interested small business and nonprofit respondents should contact smb@cybertrustmass.org.

Applicant Eligibility

Municipalities entities, small businesses and nonprofits in Massachusetts are eligible to apply. Joint applications between municipal entities (i.e. local governments and school districts) are encouraged. Regional school districts may apply separately from local governments. Additionally, regional entities, including those that are nonprofits, are eligible to apply if municipalities are the end-beneficiary of funds. 

Eligible small businesses are those that meet the U.S. Small Business Administration definition of a small business (see Table of Small Business Size Standards). 

MassCyberCenter will prioritize applications from Massachusetts-based small businesses and nonprofits that represent the following sectors: 

• Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
• BlueTech
• ClimateTech
• Defense & Aerospace
• FinTech
• Entrepreneurial-support Organizations
• Health Care and Digital Health
• Manufacturing
• Microelectronics
• Robotics
• Quantum

Grants to municipalities will be forward funded. Grants to small businesses and nonprofits will be funded on a reimbursement basis. 

Full details included in the NOFO linked below.

*Note: As of May 16, 2025, applications for Technology Upgrade projects are no longer being accepted. 

Download Application Documents: 

• Download NOFO No. 2026-Cyber-01 (PDF) 
• Download Attachment B - Budget Template Municipalities (EXCEL)
• Download Attachment B - Budget Template Small Businesses and NonProfits (EXCEL)
• Download Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

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