Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program
ID: NTIA-CMCPP-2021 • Type: Posted
Overview
Category of Funding
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Program (CFDA)
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
False
Source
On 8/3/21 National Telecommunications and Information Administration posted grant opportunity NTIA-CMCPP-2021 for Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program.
The grant will be issued under grant program 11.028 Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program.
Timing
Posted Date
Aug. 3, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
Dec. 1, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EST Past Due
Last Updated
Nov. 9, 2021, 4:00 p.m. EST
Version
3
Archive Date
Dec. 31, 2021
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Info
The Act defines an eligible recipient as: (1) a historically Black college or university (HBCU); (2) a Tribal College or University (TCU); (3) a Minority-serving institution (MSI); or (4) a consortium that is led by a historically Black college or university, a Tribal College or University, or a Minority-serving institution and that also includes: (a) an MBE; or (b) an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. Additionally, an eligible recipient must be in an “anchor community,” defined in part as having an estimated median annual household income of not more than two hundred and fifty percent (250%) of the poverty line. A consortium is eligible for a grant under the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program if it is led by an eligible institution as defined above.
Contacts
Contact
Christopher Holt
Broadband Communications Specialist
Contact Email
Email Description
Agency Contact
Contact Phone
(202) 482-4884