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

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.

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

Criteria vary with competition. Dependent upon nature and type of grant. Specific criteria are listed in the Notices of Funding Opportunities posted at www.grants.gov.

Statutory formula: 15 U.S.C. 7443 Under 15 U.S.C. � 7443(f)(3)(C), Awardees must make available (directly or through donations from public or private entities) contributions, including in-kind contributions, in an amount equal to 50 percent of the Federal funds provided.