# Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants (10.855)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/10-855-distance-learning-and-telemedicine-grants/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants is run by Department of Agriculture. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $2.2 billion in 806 grants, about $2.7 million per award.

## Objectives

To encourage and improve the use of telemedicine, telecommunications, computer networks, and related advanced technologies to provide educational and medical benefits through distance learning and telemedicine projects to people living in rural areas and to improve rural opportunities.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $288 million | 182 |
| 2022 | $541 million | 60 |
| 2023 | $306 million | 254 |
| 2024 | $463 million | 154 |
| 2025 | $595 million | 156 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Unicom, Inc. | Alaska | $58.5 million |
| Ap & Twireless Inc | Washington | $51.8 million |
| Cordova Telecom Cooperative, Incorporated | Alaska | $51.4 million |
| Project Telephone Company | Montana | $41.9 million |
| Total Highspeed LLC | Missouri | $41.1 million |
| Nemont Telephone Co-Operative Inc | Montana | $40.3 million |
| Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative Inc | Alaska | $38.3 million |
| Palau National Communications Corporation | Palau | $35.0 million |
| Bristol Bay Telephone Cooperative Inc | Alaska | $34.9 million |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation | South Dakota | $34.7 million |
| Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation | North Carolina | $32.6 million |
| Osage Nation | Oklahoma | $31.5 million |
| Tec of Jackson Inc | Mississippi | $30.8 million |
| Oklahoma Western Telephone Company | Oklahoma | $29.1 million |
| Leaco Rural Telephone Coop Inc | Texas | $26.5 million |
| Pine Belt Telephone Company, Inc. | Alabama | $26.2 million |
| Delta-Montrose Electric Association | Colorado | $25.9 million |
| FSM Telecommunications Corporation | Federated States of Micronesia | $25.0 million |
| Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | $25.0 million |
| Quintillion Subsea Operations, LLC | Alaska | $25.0 million |