Opportunity Information: Apply for 2020 NIST SSCD CAP 01
The NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program (SSCD CAP) is a discretionary federal funding opportunity from the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) designed to expand how documentary standards and standardization are taught in higher education. The program supports the creation or enhancement of undergraduate and/or graduate-level instructional content that helps students understand what standards are, how standards are developed, and how standardization works in practice across industries and technical fields. Rather than focusing on basic research alone, the emphasis is on curriculum-building that can be integrated into academic settings and used repeatedly as part of a school or program's regular teaching.
Through SSCD CAP, applicants are expected to develop educational materials such as seminars, instructional modules, full courses, and other learning resources that meaningfully incorporate standards-related content. This can include explaining the role of documentary standards in engineering, manufacturing, information technology, laboratory practice, safety, quality systems, and emerging technologies, as well as showing how standards bodies operate and how consensus standards are created, maintained, and implemented. The goal is to strengthen student learning and practical awareness of the standards ecosystem, including how standards influence innovation, trade, interoperability, measurement, and regulatory or market adoption.
The funding is offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally means NIST anticipates working more closely with award recipients than it would under a typical grant. Recipients should be prepared to collaborate with NIST as they design and refine curriculum elements, ensuring the resulting materials align with the program's intent to improve education and literacy around documentary standards and the standardization process.
This opportunity was posted under funding opportunity number 2020 NIST SSCD CAP 01, with a creation date of April 16, 2020, and an original application deadline of June 15, 2020. Awards were expected to be made to up to eight recipients, with an award ceiling of $75,000 per award. The program falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category and is associated with CFDA number 11.620. Eligibility is listed as "Others," with additional eligibility details referenced in the full announcement's eligibility section, indicating that interested institutions or organizations needed to consult the official notice for precise qualification requirements.
In practical terms, SSCD CAP is aimed at helping universities and other eligible education-focused applicants build stronger, more structured pathways for teaching students how standards are created and used, and why standardization matters in real-world technical and commercial environments. The expected outcome is a set of concrete, adoptable educational products that instructors can deploy to better prepare students for careers where standards knowledge is essential.Apply for 2020 NIST SSCD CAP 01
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program (SSCD CAP)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.620.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 16, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 15, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $75,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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