Project Grant AGOACOGP2340086

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 $1,500,000.00 Project Grant, awarded on January 1, 2025 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029), will provide reliable and affordable internet access to the King Cove, AK community. The grant will fund the deployment of 30 public Wi-Fi community access points throughout the local area. This project aims to expand broadband infrastructure and promote digital inclusion initiatives to support...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,847,276 Community Connect Grant to NEK Community Broadband, a local government municipality in Vermont, on September 27, 2024. The grant funds will be used to deploy a fiber-optic broadband network infrastructure in the rural community of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. This project aims to provide high-speed internet access with minimum speeds of 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream to critical community facilities,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $3,287,038 Community Connect Grant to the Northern Arkansas Telephone Company in Flippin, Arkansas. The grant, with a performance period from September 2024 to September 2026, will be used to construct a fiber optic network and connect critical community facilities to high-speed internet services in the Flippin region. This project aims to expand broadband infrastructure and improve internet connectivity in a rural,...

This federal Project Grant award of $5,000,000.00 was issued on September 27, 2024 by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service through the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA #10.863). The grant recipient, Unicom, Inc., a for-profit telecommunications company based in Anchorage, Alaska, will use the funds to deploy broadband transmission services and establish community centers with free high-speed internet access in rural, economically-challenged communities in...

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...

This $305,746 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of technical solutions for a more open, democratized wireless access ecosystem. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Establishing a robust economic and trust foundation for peer-to-peer and multi-party decentralized wireless access contracts, including efficient methods...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,272,640.00 Community Connect Grant (CFDA 10.863) to Fibercloud, Inc. on September 27, 2024. The two-year project, scheduled for completion by September 27, 2026, will deploy broadband infrastructure to provide high-speed internet access to underserved rural communities in Langley, Washington. The grant funding will be used to construct fiber-optic broadband networks capable of delivering a minimum of 100 Mbps download...

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 National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $4,999,964 Project Grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) to Alaska Village Initiatives (AVI) effective January 1, 2025. The grant will support AVI's efforts to deploy a digital equity program and expand broadband access and adoption in rural Alaskan communities. Key initiatives include providing digital literacy training, ecommerce enablement, remote work programs, and cybersecurity...