Program
Resources
Applications Due
Deadline Extended
Total Funding
Funding Source
Maximum Award
Award Details
Awards range from $500,000 to $2.5 million.
Eligibility
- Native American Tribes
- Partnership between Eligible Entities (Consortium)
Eligible Activities
This program will complement broadband deployment efforts and expand broadband access to unserved communities. Projects funded under this program should advance innovation, protect the interests of children, and deliver measurable improvements in broadband adoption and use. Specifically, the proposed programs must support at least one of the following activities:
- Develop and implement use and adoption of broadband activities;
- Facilitate educational and employment opportunities through broadband;
- Implement training programs that cover basic, advanced, and applied skills or other workforce development programs
- Make available equipment, instrumentation, networking capability hardware and software or digital network technology for broadband services at low or no cost (including broadband service subsidies);
- Construct, upgrade, expand, or operate new or existing public access computing centers through community anchor institutions;
- To undertake any other project or activity that the Assistant Secretary finds to be consistent with the purposes for which the Program is established.
Duration
Notable Requirements
An Eligible Entity must contribute at least 10% matching funds as part of its application. However, an Eligible Entity may include in its application a petition to waive some or all of the required 10% match.
Preferences
Project Purpose and Need (35 points), Performance Measures and Sustainability (15 points), Strength of Project Implementation Plan and Budget (25 points), Strength of Applicant’s Organizational Capability (25 points) for 100 total possible points.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. All applicants must register with SAM and eRA Commons before submitting an application.