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This document is an Amendment (Amendment 1) to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Number 2025-NIST-RAMPS-01 issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development program. The primary amendment modifies the indirect cost rate from 10 percent to 15 percent of modified total direct costs (MTDC) for applicants without a negotiated federal indirect cost rate.

The NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) program seeks cooperative agreement applications from eligible entities to establish community-based partnerships developing cybersecurity career pathways addressing local workforce needs. The grant falls under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach Federal Grant Program (CFDA Number 11.620), targeting universities, non-profit organizations, and small businesses to create multistakeholder workforce partnerships that organize employers to develop skilled cybersecurity workforces within local or regional economies.

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AMENDED NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR

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

AMENDMENT 1

5/12/25

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is announcing an amendment to its Date original NOFO posted Announcement of Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Number 2025-NIST-RAMPS-01, posted on Grants.gov, that solicits proposals for the NOFO Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development.

NIST is issuing this amendment (Amendment 1) to make updates to the 2025-NIST-RAMPS-01 as described below. This Amendment Package will be in effect for the NOFO Title until either a new NOFO or subsequent amendments are published on Grants.gov.

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IV.2.a.(8)
Changes Indirect Cost rate from 10 percent to 15 percent.
Current text: (8) Indirect Cost Rate Agreement. If indirect costs are included in the proposed budget, provide a copy of the approved negotiated agreement

if this rate was negotiated with a cognizant Federal audit agency. If the rate was not established by a cognizant Federal audit agency, provide a statement to this effect. If the successful applicant includes indirect costs in the budget and has not established an indirect cost rate with a cognizant Federal audit agency, the applicant will be required to obtain such a rate in accordance with Section B.06 of the Department of Commerce Financial Assistance General Terms and Conditions, dated October 1, 2024.

Alternatively, in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.414(f), applicants that do not have a current negotiated (including provisional) indirect cost rate except for those non-Federal entities described in appendix VII, paragraph D.1.b. of 2 CFR 200 may elect to charge a de minimis rate of 10 percent of modified total direct costs (MTDC). Applicants proposing a 10 percent de minimis rate pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.414(f) should note this election as part of the budget portion of the application.

Added text: (8) Indirect Cost Rate Agreement. If indirect costs are included in the proposed budget, provide a copy of the approved negotiated agreement if this rate was negotiated with a cognizant Federal audit agency. If the rate was not established by a cognizant Federal audit agency, provide a statement to this effect. If the successful applicant includes indirect costs in the budget and has not established an indirect cost rate with a cognizant Federal audit agency, the applicant will be required to obtain such a rate in accordance with Section B.06 of the Department of Commerce Financial Assistance General Terms and Conditions, dated October 1, 2024.

Alternatively, in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.414(f), applicants that do not have a current negotiated (including provisional) indirect cost rate except for those non-Federal entities described in appendix VII, paragraph D.1.b. of 2 CFR 200 may elect to charge a de minimis rate of 15 percent of modified total direct costs (MTDC). Applicants proposing a 15 percent de minimis rate pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.414(f) should note this election as part of the budget portion of the application.

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