DHS SVIP
Invests research teams and institutions for DHS SVIP OTA initiatives in cybersecurity, defense innovation, and artificial intelligence.
The Department of Homeland Security Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) is DHS S&T's non-SBIR pathway for startups, using Other Transaction Authority rather than standard Federal Acquisition Regulation procurement. The current solicitation instrument is OTS 70RSAT21R00000006, a five-year OTA issued in May 2021. Funding is structured across three to four phases at up to USD 200,000 per phase, …
Startup technologies addressing DHS mission areas including AI, border security, cybersecurity, chemical and biological defense, first responder capability, disaster resilience, food and agriculture defense, and wildfire technology, funded via Other Transaction Authority.
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