Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development

Objective

To build multistakeholder workforce partnerships of employers, economic development organizations, schools and institutions of higher education, and other community organization to focus on developing the skilled cybersecurity workforce to meet industry needs within a specific geographic location or local/regional economy.

Who Can Apply

• Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Other private institutions/organizations
• Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Quasi-public nonprofit institution/organization
• Other public institution/organization
• Anyone/general public

Public and private institutions of higher education, public and private hospitals, and other quasi-public and private non-profit organizations such as, but not limited to, community action agencies, research institutes, educational associations, and health centers. The term may include commercial organizations, foreign or international organizations (such as agencies of the United Nations) which are recipients, subrecipients, or contractors or subcontractors of recipients or subrecipients at the discretion of the DoC. The term does not include government-owned contractor-operated facilities or research centers providing continued support for mission-oriented, large-scale programs that are government-owned or controlled, or are designated as federally funded research and development centers

Who Benefits

• Public nonprofit institution/organization
• Other public institution/organization
• Quasi-public nonprofit organization
• Anyone/general public
• Private nonprofit institution/organization
• Other private institution/organization

Public and private institutions of higher education, public and private hospitals, and other quasi-public and private non-profit organizations such as, but not limited to, community action agencies, research institutes, educational associations, and health centers. The term may include commercial organizations, foreign or international organizations (such as agencies of the United Nations) which are recipients, subrecipients, or contractors or subcontractors of recipients or subrecipients at the discretion of the DoC. The term does not include government-owned contractor-operated facilities or research centers providing continued support for mission-oriented, large-scale programs that are government-owned or controlled, or are designated as federally-funded research and development centers, institutions of research and/or education, professional institutes and associations, non-profit organizations, state and local governments, and commercial organizations

Assistance Types

• Cooperative Agreements

Program Contact

susana.barraza@nist.gov
2404572638