The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $159,999 Project Grant to Fort Lewis College under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program. The two-year award running from October 2022 to October 2024 will support construction and improvement of community facilities in Durango, Colorado that provide essential services to rural residents. Specifically, Fort Lewis College will use the funding to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve unspecified community...
This federal Project Grant award of $402,785.00, granted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service on December 16, 2024, will support the University of Colorado-Denver's efforts to improve telecommunications-enabled distance learning and telemedicine services in rural areas. The funding is provided through the USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855), which aims to enhance access to educational and medical applications in underserved...
The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Fort Lewis College a $973,560 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program. The grant will support the college's DIGITAL LEARNING: A PATHWAY TO EQUITY, ACCESS AND SUCCESS FOR LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION, AND INDIGENOUS STUDENTS project from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The project aims to provide innovative strategies to improve postsecondary instruction and expand...
This $300,000 Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to Colorado State University on December 16, 2024. The grant will fund the acquisition and deployment of advanced telecommunications technologies to extend distance learning and telemedicine services to underserved rural communities in Colorado over a two-year period, ending on December 16, 2026. The project aims to enhance access to critical...
The federal Project Grant award of $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grants program (CFDA 10.855) supports Western New Mexico University, a Hispanic Serving Institution, in enhancing its distance learning and telemedicine capabilities to improve access to education and healthcare services for rural populations in the region. The 2-year award, effective from September 25, 2023, to September 25, 2025, will...
This $1,000,000 Distance Learning Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855), will fund the Lake & Peninsula School District's efforts to enhance educational and healthcare services delivered via advanced telecommunications technologies in rural communities in southwest Alaska. The 2-year grant, awarded on November 6, 2023, will enable the school district...
Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado received a $1.3 million Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education on June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026. The grant funding will support the launch of a collaborative nursing workforce education degree program focused on rural and indigenous healthcare needs through the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program (CFDA 84.116). This program aims to support institutional reforms and innovative...
This $185,144 Distance Learning Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant, with a performance period from August 8, 2023 to August 8, 2025, will enable Interbel Telephone Cooperative Inc. to acquire and implement telecommunications equipment, computer networks, and other advanced technologies to improve access to educational and healthcare services...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Delta-Montrose Electric Association a $1,466,410 Project Grant under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.855). The grant will support the PILOT BROADBAND COST OVERRUN project providing broadband internet access in Montrose, Colorado from March 2023 to March 2025. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loans and Grants program aims to improve access to telemedicine and distance learning technologies...
This $538,414 Project Grant awarded on September 11, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (CFDA 10.855) program will enable Utah State University to enhance distance learning and telemedicine capabilities in rural areas. The university will utilize the funding to acquire and deploy advanced audio, video, and information technologies to extend educational and medical applications to underserved rural communities. This...