Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Broadband

USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase I Inactive
Funding for research that focuses on the development of new technologies that address important problems affecting people, institutions, and communities in rural America, including health, agriculture, rural development, and the environment.

Maine Connect the Ready Grants Inactive
Funding for projects to address gaps in broadband service availability within Maine. Grants will be awarded to applicants who are ready to implement proposed projects resulting in last-mile broadband service within eligible project areas, which include rural and remote areas.

Iowa Rural Innovation Grant Inactive
Grants to support innovative projects that address current issues and challenges faced by rural communities in Iowa. Project themes include community investment, growth, and connection.

Washington Broadband Construction Loan Program Inactive
Construction loans to promote the expansion of broadband service in unserved areas of Washington.

Living Language Grant Program (LLGP) Inactive
Grants to provide native language instruction and immersion programs for Native students not enrolled at Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools, including those tribes and organizations in states without Bureau funded schools. The program uses an "all community" model that addresses agriculture, economic development, and healthcare, among others.

Washington Rural Broadband Program Inactive
Low interest loan or loan/grant packages to build infrastructure to provide high-speed, open-access broadband service to rural underserved communities in Washington for the purpose of community economic development.

National Tribal Broadband Grant Inactive
Grants for tribes to hire consultants to perform feasibility studies for high-speed internet deployment or expansion in tribal communities.

Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program Inactive
Funding for the construction, improvement, and/or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure with the goal of expanding and extending infrastructure to reduce the cost of connecting areas that are unserved or underserved to the internet.

Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge Inactive
Grants for organizations to provide planning and implementation technical assistance to rural communities to foster placemaking, which is the process of creating quality places where people want to live, work, learn, and play. The program goal is to create greater social and cultural vitality in rural communities aimed at improving people's social, physical, and economic well-being.

ConnectMaine Authority Infrastructure Grants Inactive
Grants for expanding the availability of broadband service in least served areas of Maine.