OpportunityTitle: National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) Pilots Cooperative Agreement 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 subawardees, contractors or other collaborators in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium.  An organization may submit more than one proposal but each must be on a distinct topic.  Federal agencies may participate in projects but may not receive NIST funding.
Description: NIST is soliciting proposals from eligible applicants 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 projects that are intended to test or demonstrate new solutions, models, and frameworks that either do not exist or are not widely adopted in the marketplace today.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Agency Contact
GrantorContactText: Christopher Hunton &lt;br/&gt;Grants Technical Assistant &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-975-5718
CloseDateExplanation: All applicants must submit Abbreviated Proposals.  Only those applicants whose Abbreviated Proposals have been selected by NIST as &#147;finalists&#148; and who have been requested to submit a full proposal for their &#147;finalist&#148; proposal are permitted to submit full proposals to NIST for the NSTIC Pilots Cooperative Agreement Program.    Abbreviated proposals must be received electronically through Grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, March 5, 2013.  Abbreviated proposals received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.  Review of abbreviated proposals and selection of finalists is expected to be completed by Tuesday, April 9, 2013.