Archived

The Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) operated CFDA 11.552 as an archived program that last awarded grants on October 1, 2004, more than twenty years ago. This program is no longer active and should not be pursued for new funding.

The program funded telecommunications and technology deployment projects across diverse applications. Representative funded activities included building high-speed data networks, establishing telehealth and telemedicine services for specialized populations (pediatric asthma monitoring, acute burn injury evaluation), developing virtual surgical simulation environments, deploying wireless community networks in low-income areas, creating web-based information platforms and databases for public services, expanding broadband access for education and job training, and implementing transportation security systems. State-level technology opportunity grants supported telecommunications infrastructure and digital access initiatives across multiple jurisdictions including New York, Massachusetts, California, Minnesota, Colorado, and others.

All 156 awards in the portfolio were structured as Project Grants. NTIA funded the entire program with $81.6 million in federal dollars obligated; recipients contributed an additional $89.9 million in non-federal cost-share for a combined total of $171.5 million. Award sizes typically ranged from $500 thousand to $1.5 million, with individual grants averaging approximately $523 thousand. Recent awards included $1.36 million to operate a comprehensive telehealth service program at Edgewood Terrace (October 2004), $1.46 million for pediatric home monitoring services over broadband for children with asthma (October 2004), and $2.14 million to serve as a test site for transportation security situational display development (October 2004).

The program operated from 2001 through 2004, disbursing the bulk of its awards in the first year (75 awards in 2001) before settling into a steady cadence of approximately 25 to 28 awards annually through program closure. No recent grant opportunities are posted, and no new awards have been made in the past two decades. This archived listing represents historical funding activity only.