National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium
Funds the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security, as lead executive agent for the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium, to develop and deliver nationwide cybersecurity training solutions mapped to core preparedness capabilities.
RESTRICTED TO: SINGLE NAMED INSTITUTION
⚑ Single-named-institution competition: only the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security may apply as lead. · Funds cybersecurity training development and delivery, not research. · National-wide accessibility and preparedness-gap mapping are explicit program requirements.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 5 none | limited competition — a named institution holds this |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | not openly competed |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 5 none | limited competition — a named institution holds this |
Description
The Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Homeland Security National Training Program (HSNTP), Continuing Training Grants (CTG), National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC) provides funding to the eligible applicant to develop and deliver cybersecurity training solutions to address national preparedness gaps, map training to the core capabilities, and ensure training is available and accessible to a nationwide audience.
Eligibility
The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security, serving as the executive agent and lead for the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium (NCPC)
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Mariano Almonte Grantor <femago@fema.dhs.gov>
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Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
18/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a cybersecurity training consortium grant focused on preparedness and delivery of training, not a research opportunity. It has some national-security relevance through critical infrastructure and cyber preparedness, but the sole named eligible lead is UT San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security, so a public university like OU/IPPRA could not directly apply as lead and the fit is capped very low.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 18 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a cybersecurity training consortium grant focused on preparedness and delivery of training, not a research opportunity. It has some national-security relevance through critical infrastructure and cyber preparedness, but the sole named eligible lead is UT San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security, so a public university like OU/IPPRA could not directly apply as lead and the fit is capped very low. |
| 2026-07-06 | 0 | gpt-5.4-mini | This opportunity is restricted to the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security as the lead executive agent, so a public university like OU/IPPRA is not eligible to apply or serve as a named research partner. The topic is also primarily cybersecurity training delivery rather than a clear IPPRA-aligned social science, policy, or behavioral research question. |