Funding opportunity: Strengthen energy security and resilience for U.S. Department of Energy

Nov. 4, 2025

The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response, is issuing the Securing ENergy Technology ResiliencY (SENTRY) Opportunity Announcement to solicit innovative proposals from commercial technology startups. This initiative aims to significantly enhance the security, resilience, and operational efficiency of the nation’s energy infrastructure by addressing critical challenges across four key areas:

  • developing energy-sector-specific risk quantification framework
  • enhancing ICS/OT cybersecurity and threat emulation
  • identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities across the entirety of Decentralized Asset Management Systems, and
  • establishing cost-effective counter-adversarial drone capabilities.

Proposals will be accepted from eligible domestic entities with strong industry ties, offering awards up to $853,750 per project up to three years.

The overarching objective of the SENTRY project is to enhance the security, resilience, and operational efficiency of the nation’s energy infrastructure. This will be achieved by addressing critical challenges in risk quantification, cybersecurity for industrial control systems, cybersecurity of decentralized asset management systems, and counter-adversarial drone capabilities through the development and implementation of tailored frameworks, advanced technologies, and robust training programs.