OpportunityTitle: National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) Pilot Grant Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Accredited institutions of higher education; hospitals; non-profit organizations; commercial organizations; and state, local, and Indian tribal governments located in the United States and its territories.  An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawards or contracts with others in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium.
Description: NIST is soliciting proposals from eligible proposers to pilot on-line identity solutions that embrace and advance the NSTIC vision: that individuals and organizations utilize secure, efficient, easy-to-use, and interoperable identity credentials to access online services in a manner that promotes confidence, privacy, choice, and innovation. Specifically, the Federal government seeks to initiate and support pilots that address the needs of individuals, private sector organizations and all levels of government in accordance with the NSTIC Guiding Principles that identity solutions will be (1) privacy-enhancing and voluntary, (2) secure and resilient, (3) interoperable, and (4) cost-effective and easy-to-use. NIST will fund pilot projects that are intended to test or demonstrate new solutions, models or frameworks that do not exist in the marketplace today.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Agency Contact
GrantorContactText: Christopher Hunton &lt;br/&gt;Grants Technical Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-975-5718
CloseDateExplanation: Abbreviated proposals must be submitted under the NSTIC Pilot Grant Program in order to be considered for funding.    Abbreviated proposals, paper and electronic, must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.  Abbreviated proposals received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.    The abbreviated proposal must contain the following:     (1) SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance.  The SF-424 must be signed by an authorized representative of the proposer organization.  The FFO number 2012-NIST-NSTIC-01 must be identified in item 12 of the SF-424.  The list of certifications and assurances referenced in item 21 of the SF-424 is contained in the SF-424B.  Word and .pdf versions of the SF-424 can be found at http://www.nist.gov/nstic/pilot-projects.html .  (2) A word-processed document written by the proposer of no more than five (5) double-spaced pages describing the proposed project that includes sufficient information to address the evaluation criteria (see Section V.1. of the FFO/Full Announcement).    Abbreviated proposals may be submitted in paper format or electronically by e-mail as follows:    Paper Submission:  Dr. Barbara Cuthill  National Institute of Standards and Technology   NSTIC Pilot Grant Program  100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 2000  Gaithersburg, MD  20899-2000  Phone:  301-975-3273    E-mail Submission: nsticpilots@nist.gov    Review of abbreviated proposals and selection of finalists is expected to be completed by Friday, April 6, 2012.    Full proposals, paper and electronic, must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, May 10, 2012.  Full proposals received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.  Review of full proposals, selection of successful proposers, and award processing is expected to be completed in July 2012.  The earliest anticipated start date for awards under this FFO is expected to be September 1, 2012.