GovCyber Incubator Grant Allocator & ROI Model

Grant Tranche Controls $150M Pool

Preset Defense Strategy

Total Incubator Fund $150M

Proposed congressional authorization budget

Seed Research Tranche 25%

Foundational zero-trust, post-quantum crypto, & vuln audits

Startup Launch Tranche 45%

Prototype engineering, clearance sponsorship, & enterprise sandboxing

Federal Pilot Tranche 30%

FedRAMP/IL6 certification, agency OTAs, and procurement bridging

Seed: $37.5M Launch: $67.5M Pilot: $45.0M

Target Procurement Sponsor

Startups Launched 32 Incubated entities funded

Avg Time-to-Contract 8.5 mo SBIR to OTA award duration

Innovation Velocity 84.2 Index (0–100 scale)

Risk Mitigation 79.5 Supply chain integrity score

Procurement Pipeline & Capital Velocity Curve Projected cumulative deployment

Milestone Phase	Timeline	Target Outcome	Status Gate
Phase 0: Cohort RFP	Month 0–2	Vetting defense-focused security tech applicants	Clearing
Phase 1: Seed Sandbox	Month 3–5	Zero-trust algorithmic validation & micro-grants	Active
Phase 2: Dual-Use Launch	Month 6–9	Functional commercial deployment & FedRAMP prep	Scheduled
Phase 3: Agency OTA Bridging	Month 10–18	Direct procurement pilot integration	Forecast

Executive Briefing Summary DHS-CISA Cohort

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