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NTIA-PWSCIF-2023: Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Expanding Testing and Evaluation

Closed Closed June 2, 2023 Opportunity NTIA-PWSCIF-2023 ☆ Save

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• Expected awards100
• Award amountsNot given on Grants.gov
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants include for-profit companies, non-profit companies, institutions of higher education, industry groups, and consortia consisting of two or more such entities, with exclusions as listed in Section 2.2.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (45% over five years) went to small businesses.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

This NOFO is the first in a series that NTIA will issue and administer under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (Innovation Fund). The purpose of the Innovation Fund Program is to fund efforts that accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of open and interoperable radio access networks (RAN) through a competitive grant program. In response to this first NOFO, NTIA looks forward to receiving and reviewing a broad range of applications proposing creative ways to: (1) expand industry-accepted testing and evaluation to effectively facilitate and assess the interoperability, performance, and/or security of open and interoperable, standards-based 5G radio access networks; and (2) develop new and/or materially improve existing testing methodologies to test, evaluate, and validate the interoperability, performance, and/or security of these networks, including their component parts, in order to address needs not currently met by industry-accepted tests and best practices.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

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