ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Wisconsin State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program — Cycle 3 FY2024
Wisconsin Emergency Management is accepting Cycle 3 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program applications through October 30, 2026. About $4.71 million is available, with approximately 100 awards anticipated at up to $100,000 and no local cost share.
Funding$4,712,514.40 total available; approximately 100 awards anticipated; anticipated grant award amount up to $100,000 per applicant. No local cost share is required for this round.
DeadlineOctober 30, 2026. The official WEM NOFO does not state a specific clock time, so applicants should submit before the date rather than assume an end-of-day cutoff.
Last verifiedSeptember 17, 2026
Required next actionConfirm the applicant is an eligible Wisconsin county, tribe, municipality, school district, utility, council of governments, or other public entity; confirm UEI/Egrants readiness and all pre-application requirements; select only allowable cybersecurity activities; prepare the project, budget, required forms and certifications; and submit through Wisconsin Emergency Management Egrants before October 30, 2026.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants include Wisconsin counties, tribes, municipalities, school districts, utilities, councils of governments, and other public entities. The program is competitive and is specifically intended to improve state, local and tribal government cybersecurity capabilities.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100. This is a strong school-district and public-entity funding opportunity because the applicant universe is broad, the state anticipates about 100 awards, the anticipated award amount is $100,000, and FEMA has waived the local cost share. However, allowable spending is expressly limited to cybersecurity activities such as internet-edge security, .gov migration assistance, vulnerability management, immutable cloud backups, security awareness and training, penetration testing, MFA, MDR, EDR and XDR. Those restrictions do not establish a lawful N9+ hardware, telehealth, RPM or clinical-services purchase path, so Atlas should publish and surface the grant without forcing an N9+ sales pursuit.
Wisconsin Emergency Management’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program Cycle 3 makes $4,712,514.40 available to Wisconsin counties, Tribes, municipalities, school districts, utilities, councils of governments, and other public entities. WEM anticipates approximately 100 awards with an anticipated award amount of up to $100,000, and FEMA has waived the local cost-share requirement for this round.
Allowable work is focused on cybersecurity capabilities such as internet-edge security, vulnerability management, immutable cloud backups, security awareness and training, penetration testing, multifactor authentication, managed detection and response, and endpoint detection/response.
Deadline and healthcare fit
Applications are due October 30, 2026 through WEM Egrants. This is relevant to school districts and public healthcare entities as infrastructure protection funding, but the program does not create a lawful direct N9+ purchase pathway; Atlas therefore maintains N9+ Direct Vendor Fit at 0/100.
Source verificationOfficial government source · wem.wi.govAtlas last verified this record September 17, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
