Project Grant AGOACOGP2340119

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 $5,000,000 federal Project Grant was awarded on September 27, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under 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 Alaska that currently...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $25,000,000 Rural eConnectivity (ReConnect) Program grant to Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative Inc. (dba Astac), a not-for-profit telecommunications provider in Alaska. The project grant, awarded on Aug 7, 2023, will fund infrastructure investments and job creation to expand broadband availability and connectivity in rural Alaskan communities over a 2-year performance period ending Aug 7, 2025. The ReConnect...

The federal Project Grant award of $4,288,118 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863). The funding will support Direct Communications Rockland, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Rockland, Idaho, to deploy broadband transmission services and establish community centers with free internet access in rural, economically-challenged areas of Rockland that currently lack...

This $1,500,000.00 Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) will enable the Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove to deploy 30 public Wi-Fi community access points throughout their community. The project aims to provide reliable and affordable internet access to the local population. As a federally recognized tribal government, the Agdaagux Tribe has a robust track record of managing complex...

The Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc., doing business as Cordova Telecom Cooperative, received a $3 million Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on November 22, 2021. The grant is part of the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863) and will fund the deployment of broadband transmission services in Cordova, Alaska through November 22, 2023. The Community Connect Grant Program aims to encourage connectivity in rural communities lacking...

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $7,500,000 Project Grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) to the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) in Sacaton, Arizona. The grant will be used to subsidize broadband service for eligible tribal households, establish digital skill training and technology guidance for the community, and expand the GRTI fiber optic construction apprenticeship program. The award has an initial term from...

The federal Project Grant award of $4,544,350.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Connect Grant Program (CFDA 10.863) to the Spokane Regional Broadband Development Authority Broadlinc. The grant, awarded on September 27, 2024, will fund the deployment of broadband transmission services and the establishment of community centers with free internet access in rural, economically-challenged areas of Spokane, WA that currently lack...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $2,847,276 Community Connect Grant to NEK Community Broadband, a U.S. local government municipality in Vermont, to deploy fiber optic network infrastructure and expand high-speed internet access in the rural community of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The grant, with a performance period from September 2024 to September 2026, aims to construct broadband networks capable of providing minimum speeds of 100 Mbps downstream and 20...

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...