DHS SVIP reaches out to innovation communities to harness the commercial R&D ecosystem for technology with government applications and to co-invest and accelerate technology transition-to-market. We offer U.S. and international startups up to $2M in non-dilutive funding over 24 months for prototype projects and possibly transition successful projects to production.

Why work with us

SVIP is keeping pace with the innovation community to tackle the hardest problems faced by DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise. SVIP expands DHS S&T’s reach to find new technologies that strengthen national security with the goal of reshaping how government, entrepreneurs and industry work together to find cutting-edge solutions. Based in California’s Silicon Valley, the program reaches out to innovation communities across the nation and around the world to harness the commercial R&D ecosystem for technologies with government applications and to co-invest in and accelerate technology transition-to-market. We offer U.S. and international startups up to $2M in non-dilutive funding over 24 months to carry out prototype projects and possibly transition successful projects to production.