The purpose of the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program is to award grants to support efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion activities, and spur greater adoption of broadband among underserved populations.
Eligible activities include:
This is a new grant opportunity thus award history does not yet exist.
When evaluating applications, the Department of Commerce will consider the comparative geographic diversity of applicants and the extent to which an applicant's project duplicates or conflicts with other applicants' projects.
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
Deadlines are to be announced.
$250 million will be available annually for the first five fiscal years of this program. Grant funds must be expended within four years of the award date. Cost-sharing of at least 10% is required.