The National Institute of Standards and Technology wants your password—dead.

NIST plans to award grants to develop alternatives to usernames and passwords. In its announcement, NIST said it will fund five to eight projects for up to $2 million apiece.

The pilot program is part of the White House’s the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, an effort to improve the privacy, security and convenience of online transactions. “We’re looking for innovative approaches that can advance the NSTIC vision and provide a foundation upon which a trusted, user-centric Identity Ecosystem can be constructed,” said Jeremy Grant, NIST’s senior executive adviser for identity management.

NIST said proposals must adhere to four principles: identity solutions should be privacy enhancing and voluntary, secure and resilient, interoperable, cost effective and easy to use.

NIST plans a proposer’s conference in Washington on Feb. 15. Registration for the conference and the address of the webcast are available at www.nist.gov/itl/nstic-pilots-grant-proposers-conference.cfm.