Project Grant AGOACOGP2340208

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 Community Connect Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (CFDA #10.863) will fund Unicom, Inc., a for-profit telecommunications company in Anchorage, Alaska, to deploy broadband infrastructure and services in underserved rural communities. The project will establish high-speed internet connectivity, critical community facilities, and free public internet access centers. The two-year grant period runs from September 2024 to September 2026,...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Teleguam Holdings LLC dba GTA a $29,767,352 Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on September 13, 2022. The grant will support GTA's delivery of broadband infrastructure and connectivity services to expand access in rural areas of Tamuning, Guam through September 13, 2024. The Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program aims to facilitate broadband deployment in rural locales currently lacking sufficient...

Oklahoma Western Telephone Co, doing business as Star Search Rural TV, was awarded a $1,795,159 Project Grant 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 support the deployment of broadband transmission services in rural Clayton, Oklahoma where such services do not currently exist. Under the award, the awardee will connect all critical community facilities to broadband and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $34,905,000 ReConnect Program project grant to Cordova Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (DBA Cordova Telecom Cooperative) to expand broadband infrastructure and improve telemedicine and distance learning access in its rural service area in Cordova, Alaska. The ReConnect Program is a federal grant program (CFDA 10.752) that provides funding to facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. Through this grant, Cordova Telephone...

<p>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) to the Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove. The grant will support the deployment of 30 public Wi-Fi community access points throughout the community of King Cove, Alaska to provide reliable and affordable internet access. The project period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027.</p>

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $7,499,946 Project Grant under the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (CFDA 11.029) to Alaska Village Initiatives (AVI), a non-profit community development corporation, to expand digital equity and broadband adoption in rural Alaskan communities. The funding will support AVI's efforts to deploy satellite broadband infrastructure, provide digital literacy training, and offer e-commerce and remote work programs to...

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 $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 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $4,460,000 Community Connect Grant to B-A-R-C Electric Cooperative to deploy broadband infrastructure and services in the rural community of Millboro, Virginia. The 2-year project, running from September 2024 to September 2026, will establish high-speed internet connectivity and a community center with free public access. This funding supports the Community Connect Grant Program's objective to expand broadband in...