Project Grant AGOACOGP2340035

The Federal Communications Commission awarded a $420,000 Project Grant under the Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program (CFDA 32.011) to the Oregon Institute For A Better Way, a woman-owned non-profit organization. The grant will provide funding and resources to increase awareness and participation in the Affordable Connectivity Program among eligible low-income households in Oregon who need affordable broadband access for work, education, healthcare, and civic engagement. The grant...

This $237,666 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support a collaborative research project to assess the connectivity and performance of anchor institution networks (AIDs). The primary awardee is the University of California, Davis, which will work with researchers from Northeastern University and the University of California, Santa Barbara on this effort. The project aims to...

This $243,695 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program will support a collaborative research project led by the University of California, Santa Barbara. The project aims to conduct rigorous measurements and analysis to assess the network connectivity, reliability, and performance of anchor institutions (such as public libraries, schools, and hospitals) that rely on high-quality broadband...

The Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $15,369,133 ReConnect Program grant to Oregon Telephone Corp, a for-profit small disadvantaged business, to fund broadband infrastructure investments and telecommunication services in Mt. Vernon, Oregon. The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and loan/grant combination awards to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas lacking sufficient broadband access. As a project grantee, Oregon Telephone Corp will leverage the...

The City of Loveland in Colorado was awarded a $1,037,515 Community Connect Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service on September 27, 2024. The grant, authorized under CFDA Program 10.863, will be used to deploy broadband internet infrastructure in rural, economically-challenged areas of the city that currently lack high-speed internet access. The funding will enable the construction of broadband networks to connect critical community facilities, residential...

The Universidad Ana G. Mendez, Carolina Campus (UAGM-CC) was awarded a $1,510,941 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CFDA 11.028). The grant will support the UAGM-CC Broadband Digital Inclusion Project, which has five components to address digital inclusion challenges in Puerto Rico. Activities include providing low-income and in-need UAGM-CC students with computers,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,544,350 Community Connect Grant (CFDA 10.863) to the Spokane Regional Broadband Development Authority Broadlinc. on September 27, 2024. The two-year grant, with a performance period ending September 27, 2026, will fund the deployment of broadband transmission services to expand high-speed internet infrastructure in rural, economically-challenged areas of Spokane, Washington that currently lack adequate access. The...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded the Chickasaw Nation a $24,992,756.00 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on August 22, 2023. This grant funding will support the Chickasaw Nation's efforts to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural areas within its tribal territory. The ReConnect Program aims to increase high-speed internet connectivity to enable economic growth and provide access to critical resources like...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service has awarded a $29,945,251.00 Project Grant to Bush-Tell, Incorporated under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) to facilitate broadband deployment in the rural area of Aniak, AK. The goal of the ReConnect Program is to expand broadband service to rural areas without sufficient access. This two-year grant, awarded on July 10, 2023, will provide the necessary infrastructure investments and create jobs to achieve 100%...

This $4,504,550 Community Connect Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service on September 27, 2024 to Premier Holdings, LLC (dba Premier Broadband, LLC) in Ovilla, TX. The grant will be used to deploy broadband transmission services and establish community centers with free internet access in rural, economically-challenged areas of Dallas, TX that currently lack high-speed internet. The grant funding will support the construction of broadband networks...