NIST is pleased to announce funding on behalf of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), for the NICE Stakeholder Engagement Program. NIST is soliciting applications from U.S.-located, non-Federal entities to assist NICE in its outreach efforts to the cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development community. NICE seeks to provide assistance to an organization engaged in building national (and exploring international) relationships to further advance outreach with a year-round communication strategy and capping that engagement by planning and holding the NICE Annual Conference in the continental United States for up to the next five years. See the full details of this Notice of Funding Opportunity here. 

The deadline to apply is Tuesday, August 1, 2017, by 11:59 p.m. ET. 

Link to opportunity on Grants.gov:

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=294083

Link to full Notice of Funding Opportunity:

https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017/05/24/nice_stakeholderengagement_nofo_5.24.17.pdf

NIST will hold a webinar for interested applicants to provide general information regarding this grant, offer general guidance on preparing applications and answer questions on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 2:00pm ET. Registration is limited. Click here (https://events-na1.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/2209463749/en/events/event/shared/2319219213/event_registration.html?sco-id=2319266478&_charset_=utf-8 ) to register for the webinar.  For programmatic or technical questions, visit nist.gov/nice or contact the NICE Program Office at nice.nist@nist.gov.