Eligible: Education, Tribes, Utilities
Apply by Nov 17, 2026
Apply now$1 - $25,000,000
The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program makes grants available for the deployment and adoption of broadband service on Tribal Land and for programs that promote the use of broadband to access “remote learning, telework, or telehealth resources."
Grant
Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
Department of Commerce
Federal
$540,000,000
150
$1 - $25,000,000
No
Active
Education, Tribes, Utilities
Buildings & Infrastructure, Environmental Justice, Resilience
Equipment Purchase, Financial Help, Program Management
The following entities are eligible:
1. a Tribal Government;
2. a Tribal College or University;
3. the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on behalf of the Native Hawaiian Community, including Native Hawaiian Education Programs;
4. a Tribal organization;
5. or an Alaska Native Corporation.
Grant funds available under this program may be used for the following purposes:
a. Broadband infrastructure deployment projects, including support for the establishment of carrier-neutral submarine cable landing stations.
b. Affordable broadband programs, including:
i. providing free or reduced-cost broadband service;
ii. preventing disconnection of existing broadband service;
c. Distance learning;
d. Telehealth;
e. Use and adoption efforts; and
f. Broadband adoption activities.
National
No
NTIA will allocate up to $500,000 to each of the Federally Recognized Tribes delineated by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs that have not previously received an award in the first two rounds of TBCP funding. The $500,000 allocation is not a funding cap for Federally Recognized Tribes but rather is intended to ensure that program funding is equitably distributed by NTIA to all Eligible Entities.
NTIA expects to make awards under this program within the following funding ranges:
• Broadband Use and Adoption Projects proposed by a single applicant: $500,000 to $2,500,000.
• Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Projects proposed by a single applicant: $1,000,000 to $25,000,000.
These funding ranges are not required minimums or maximums, but Eligible Entities requesting funding for projects outside of these ranges must provide a reasonable explanation for the variance in their project siz
Unspecified
Jun 17, 2026
Nov 17, 2026
Please direct programmatic inquiries to:
Tribal Connectivity and Nation to Nation Coordination Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 4878
Washington, DC 20230
Phone: (202) 482-2048
Email: TBCP3@ntia.gov
Please direct grant management inquiries to:
Darren Olson
NIST Grants Officer
Financial Assistance Agreements Management Office (FAAMO)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
325 Broadway, Bldg 111, Room 120
Boulder, CO 80305
Phone: (303) 497-5417
Email: darren.olson@nist.gov
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