Assistance program
Broadband Infrastructure Program
$282.8 Million committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Commerce, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 11.031
- What it does
- The Broadband Infrastructure Program provides federal grants for the deployment of broadband infrastructure.
- Who benefits
- General public and businesses will benefit from this assistance which supports broadband infrastructure deployment to areas lacking adequate broadband service, especially rural areas.
- Who applies
- An applicant must be a "covered partnership," which means partnership between— (A) a State or U.S. Territory, or one or more political subdivisions of a State or U.S. Territory; and (B) a provider of fixed broadband service. The partnership does not need to be documented in a formal legal agreement at the time of application submission but can be expressed in the application as a general intent to cooperate in implementing the covered broadband project proposed for an award.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182
- Program site
- http://www.ntia.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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- Awards, counted once
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Direct payments