National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) Pilots: Trusted Online Credentials for Accessing Government Services Cooperative Agreement Program

Post Date

April 16th 2013

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Applications received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.

Funding Opportunity Number

2013-NIST-NSTIC-02

CFDA Number(s)

11.609

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Eligibility Categories

Other

State, local, and Indian tribal governments located in the United States and its territories and non-profit organizations. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees, contractors or other collaborators in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium. In a team or consortium, eligible subawardees are U.S. non-profit organizations, accredited institutions of higher education, commercial organizations, and state, tribal, and local governments. Federal agencies may participate in projects but may not receive NIST funding.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

NIST invites applications from eligible applicants to pilot on-line identity solutions for accessing government services 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 the effectiveness of solutions for enabling individuals to better access government services that either do not exist or are not widely adopted in the marketplace today. To demonstrate that the solution meets the programуs goals, NSTIC will be looking for the following characteristics in applications: i. At least two government programs, including state-administered human services programs, which will use the trusted credential; ii. A private provider to be used to supply at least part of the identity credential; and iii. Information on why the planned solution is replicable elsewhere.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Agency Contact:

  Christopher Hunton
  Grants Technical Assistant
  Phone 301-975-5718

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  christopher.hunton@nist.gov

• More Information:

  2013-NIST-NSTIC-02 Full Announcement/FFO document