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Michigan has $12 million of funding to award for FY2023 SLCGP funds, which is the largest funded grant year across all four grant years. Due to this amount, there are funds available for more grant applications. To receive grant funding, submit an application prior to the deadline of Dec. 30, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Note that the State of Michigan is covering the match for all subrecipients that receive an award for all four years of the grant program.
The application period for Fiscal Year (FY) 23 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) funding is now open. The application can be accessed on the Michigan.gov SLCGP website FY23 Application for SLCGP Funding or at FY23 SLCGP Application. If you are interested in submitting for a subgrant award, we encourage you to review the guidance documentation and attend one of the information sessions below, prior to submitting your actual application.
*The application cannot be saved and finished later. It is highly recommended that you complete your answers on a separate document first, then transfer those answers to the final application.*
The application guidance document can be found here - FY23 Application Guide
The FY23 application period is open Oct. 1, 2024, thru Dec. 30, 2024.
The deadline to submit your application is Dec. 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
SLCGP Information Sessions
Information sessions can be scheduled at your request by reaching out to Michelle McClish at McClishM@michigan.gov.
Michigan’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant program manager is available to assist with this application process. Questions can be sent to DTMB-CIP-SLCGP@Michigan.gov or to Michelle McClish McClishM@michigan.gov.
About the State and Local Cybersecurity Program (SLCGP)
The goal of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) is to help states, local governments, rural areas, and territories address cybersecurity risks and threats to information systems. The program enables DHS to make targeted cybersecurity investments in state, local, and territorial government agencies, thus improving the security of critical infrastructure and resilience of the services that state, local, and territorial governments provide to their communities.
How can the FY23 funding be used?
The Michigan State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Advisory Board has developed eight programs to distribute the funds. Applicants are eligible to apply for all programs but are not guaranteed to be funded.
Separate applications must be completed for each project area you are requesting funding:
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Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Extended Detection Response (XDR) or Advanced Endpoint Protection: Where jurisdictions can receive funding to purchase subscriptions for EDR/MDR/XDR licensing vendor selected utilizing entities established procurement policies and within grant performance and spend period time frames.
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Cybersecurity Assessments: Where jurisdictions can receive funding to purchase an independent cybersecurity assessment OR penetration testing for the organization utilizing existing MiDEAL negotiated contractors or another contracted vendor following the organization’s established procurement policies and within grant performance and spend period time frames.
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Multifactor Authentication (MFA): Supports Required Element #5 – where jurisdictions can receive funding to purchase authentication devices, MFA software, or other systems/hardware supporting MFA, such as identity and access management (IAM) systems.
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Advanced Backup Solutions: Where jurisdictions can receive funding to purchase backup software, cloud services, backup servers, storage devices, or other services that support recovery and reconstitution of entity backup data.
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Migration to .gov Domain: Where jurisdictions can receive funding to pay for services that support the migration of the organization’s domain to a .gov internet domain. Managed service provider (MSP) services to pay support vendors to perform migration tasks to a .gov domain.
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Managed Service Provider (MSP) Costs: Where jurisdictions can receive funding to pay managed service providers for cybersecurity services that mitigate risk, improve cyber resiliency, and perform cybersecurity work where an organization does not have onsite staff to support.
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Cybersecurity Awareness Training: Where jurisdictions can receive funding to purchase subscriptions for cybersecurity awareness training for employees to better understand cyber threats, best practices, incident response, compliance, and policies. KnowBe4, Proofpoint, SANS Institute & Infosec IQ are examples of vendors providing security awareness training.
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Cybersecurity Professional Training for IT/Security Staff: Where jurisdictions can receive funding to purchase professional cybersecurity training for those responsible for mitigation risk and maintaining resiliency in the organization’s environment. Example trainings include CompTIA, CySA+, PenTest+ Certification Training, SANS Institute Enterprise Cloud Security Architecture, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and other security training and certifications that will increase the skills and knowledge of systems and security IT administration teams.
Spread the Word!
Please share this information with any eligible entity or group, including other localities or members of your association, schools, townships, cities, counties and other local government eligible participants.
Questions about eligibility can be sent to DTMB-CIP-SLCCP@michigan.gov
We welcome and encourage you to send any questions you have to DTMB-CIP-SLCGP@michigan.gov
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