Project Grant 20243941043222
- Isotruss, Inc. received a $124,931 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop crane-less tower technology for expanding broadband access to rural communities. The objectives of the 6-month project ending February 2024 are to generate design and installation plans for deploying towers without cranes, evaluate potential solutions for cost, time, and safety, and locate a...
- Isotruss, Inc. received a $124,593 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a lightweight, modular mobile cell site. The SBIR program aims to support technological innovation through federal research funding. Through this award, Isotruss will utilize its patented composite lattice structures to create a mobile cell site that can be assembled and disassembled quickly without heavy...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $270,928 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to Beamlink, Inc. of Pasadena, California. The project grant will support the development of small, portable cellular base stations to provide connectivity in disaster zones and hard to reach areas. Specifically, the funding will allow Beamlink to research and implement a base station utilizing 2G and 2.5G radio for communicating with high densities of cell...
- Tiami LLC was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a repeater coordination method for expanding rural broadband access. Under the award, Tiami will design and evaluate a compact wireless repeater system that translates 5G mobile network frequencies to TV white space to effectively double the transmission range of TVWS networks in a cost-effective manner. The Phase I study period, from July 2023...
- This SBIR Phase I Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $275,000 in funding to Tiami LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to design and prototype an intelligent 5G wireless repeater. This effort aims to enable pervasive, high-throughput mobile broadband connectivity across underserved urban and rural areas, addressing shortcomings in current 5G deployments. The...
- The Rural Utilities Service, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has awarded a $25,000,000 Project Grant through the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to the Scott County Telephone Cooperative, a non-profit telecommunications provider. This funding will support the deployment of middle-mile broadband infrastructure and a self-protected ring network to expand high-speed internet access across rural and underserved communities in Central Appalachia. Past...
- This $2,293,038 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Middle Mile (Broadband) Grant Program (CFDA 11.033) will fund the construction of 11.5 miles of new fiber optic cable and the addition of two new wireless tower sites to expand high-speed internet access in the Oriva Hills area. The project aims to facilitate 100/20 Mbps fixed wireless service to nearly every unserved residence by upgrading microwave...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Terra Watts Inc. received a $305,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) on July 15, 2025, for a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project aimed at developing earth-based, long-range wireless power transfer technology for subsurface Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The project, which concludes June 30, 2026, will deliver numerical models, field testing protocols,...
- The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Ubta-Ubet Communications Inc., doing business as Strata Networks, a $2.378 million Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support Strata Networks' PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN project providing broadband internet access in Roosevelt, Utah from March 2023 through March 2025. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program aims to expand access to...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $274,944 to Uninet LLC to explore the feasibility of extending 5G software-defined networking and virtual network slicing technologies to non-terrestrial satellite constellations. The project aims to develop more efficient networking solutions to support growing demand for satellite internet services, addressing...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** AS SOCIETY FURTHER DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGICALLY, RELIABLE BROADBAND CONNECTIONS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY FOUNDATIONAL RESOURCE USED TO ACCESS BUSINESS, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND MORE. FINANCIAL BURDENS AND PHYSICAL ISOLATION LIMIT RURAL COMMUNITIES' ABILITY TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ESTABLISH HIGH SPEED BROADBAND CONNECTIONS. WITHOUT THE REQUISITE INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL AREAS ARE LEFT TO FADING TECHNOLOGIES, RESULTING IN REDUCED BUSINESS, OUTDATED EDUCATION, AND SPOTTY HEALTHCARE, TO SAY THE LEAST. ISOTRUSS SEEKS TO BUILD ON PHASE I, PROVIDING A COMPLETE TOWER INSTALLATION SYSTEM THAT WILL ELIMINATE THOSE ROADBLOCKS TO INFRASTRUCTURE, EXPANDING THE REACH AND QUALITY OF INTERNET SERVICE TO RURAL AMERICA.?ISOTRUSS WILL USE THE PHASE II PROJECT TO PRODUCE THE INSTALLATION MECHANISM DESIGNED IN PHASE I AS WELL AS DEVELOP A CORRESPONDING DIRECT-BURY FOUNDATION METHOD. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TWOFOLD, 1) MANUFACTURE THE TRAILER PROTOTYPE, DEVELOP A BETA VERSION AND DEPLOY THE BETA WITH A PARTNER AND 2) DEVELOP, TEST, AND PROTOTYPE A DIRECT-BURY SOLUTION THAT CAN BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INSTALLATION TRAILER. BY THE END OF PHASE II ISOTRUSS WILL HAVE DEVELOPED A COMPLETE INSTALLATION SYSTEM THAT STREAMLINES TOWER INSTALLATION PRACTICES AND WILL BE COMMERCIALIZED WITH THE INTENT TO EXPAND THE REACH OF BROADBAND NETWORKS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $650.0k | 7/19/24 |