Project Grant AGOACOGP2340188

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...

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 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...

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...

The federal Project Grant award of $30,323,227 was provided by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752). The grant funds Dena Nena Henash, doing business as Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC), a non-profit Alaska Native organization, to deliver broadband infrastructure and high-speed internet access in rural areas of interior Alaska. The grant supports the installation of fiber optic and ethernet cabling,...

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 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,...

Accesson Networks Inc. was awarded a $17,467,025 Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on September 12, 2022 to be completed by September 12, 2024. The grant is part of the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to improve the use of telecommunications and related technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects in rural areas. Under this award, Accesson...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Home Telephone Company, Inc. a $6,207,808 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on April 19, 2023. The grant will support Home Telecom's provision of broadband infrastructure and connectivity in Moncks Corner, South Carolina through April 19, 2025. As part of the ReConnect Program's goal of expanding broadband access in unserved rural areas, this award will facilitate deployment of broadband service...