National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) Federated Identity in Healthcare Pilot Program

Post Date

March 31st 2016

Application Due Date

June 1st 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

2016-NIST-NSTIC-02

CFDA Number(s)

11.619

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Arrangements for Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure

Eligibility Categories

Other

All applicants must meet all of the following requirements: ╢ Applicants must be hospitals or healthcare systems consisting of multiple hospitals, ambulatory sites, clinics or similar healthcare facilities. ╢ Applicants may be for-profit, not-for-profit or governmental (other than Federal government) entities located in the United States or its territories. ╢ Applicants must partner with at least one other healthcare organization in their locality/region. The partner organization should have anticipated overlap with the applicant organization of patients, physicians and other clinical staff (such as a physician practice group(s), clinic(s) and hospital(s)). ╢ The partner organization must be organizationally independent of the applicant and maintain a separate health information system from the applicant. Health information systems refer to any system that captures, stores, manages or transmits information related to the health of individuals or the activities of organizations that work within the health sector. NIST will not assist in matching organizations. Federal agencies (including facilities and components of the Veteranмs Integrated Service Network of the Veteranмs Health Administration) may participate in projects but may not receive NIST funding.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

NIST is soliciting applications from eligible applicants to demonstrate the usage of federated online identity solutions for patients and providers across multiple healthcare providers (e.g., provider groups, regional healthcare systems, hospital systems).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Agency Contact:

  Christopher Hunton
  Management and Program Analyst
  Phone 301-975-5718

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  grants@nist.gov

• More Information:

  2016-NIST-NSTIC-02 Full Announcement/FFO document