Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (11.035)
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (Assistance Listing 11.035) is run by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the Department of Commerce. It awarded $42 billion in 58 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $717 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $640 million. Half of the 58 awards fell between $213 million and $1.1 billion, and they ranged from $931,294 to $3.3 billion.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$42 billion
- Grant awards58
- Typical award$640 million
- Awarded in FY 2025$17 billion
- Size rank14 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceGrant
Key findings
- It is the 14th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 67% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 56 states and territories.
What the program funds
Congress directed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to deploy the BEAD program through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 2022 because of the need to connect the remaining 4.8 million unserved and underserved locations in America lacking access to high-speed broadband. At the direction of the Secretary, NTIA intends to meet that need. The BEAD program will focus on deploying broadband service to unserved areas, those without any broadband service at all or with slow speeds. The BEAD Program next will focus on provision of broadband to underserved areas—those that have access to broadband service of at least 25 Mbps downstream/3 Mbps upstream but less than 100 Mbps downstream/20 Mbps upstream.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Past notices
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
What the money can and cannot pay for
Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity once posted on Grants.Gov.;
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Please refer to the Notice of Funding OpportunityMOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Please refer to the Notice of Funding Opportunity once posted on Grants.Gov.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (11.035) awarded $42 billion across 58 grant awards, an average of $717 million per award.
Who usually wins
Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| State and local governments | 57 | $42 billion | 100% |
| Other | 1 | $37.6 million | less than 0.1% |
By state
Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1 | $3.3 billion |
| California | 1 | $1.9 billion |
| Missouri | 1 | $1.7 billion |
| Michigan | 1 | $1.6 billion |
| North Carolina | 1 | $1.5 billion |
| Virginia | 1 | $1.5 billion |
| Alabama | 1 | $1.4 billion |
| Louisiana | 1 | $1.4 billion |
| Georgia | 1 | $1.3 billion |
| Washington | 1 | $1.2 billion |
| West Virginia | 1 | $1.2 billion |
| Mississippi | 1 | $1.2 billion |
| Florida | 1 | $1.2 billion |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $1.2 billion |
| Kentucky | 1 | $1.1 billion |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $1.1 billion |
| Illinois | 1 | $1.0 billion |
| Arkansas | 1 | $1.0 billion |
| Alaska | 1 | $1.0 billion |
| Arizona | 1 | $993 million |
| Indiana | 1 | $868 million |
| Colorado | 1 | $827 million |
| Tennessee | 1 | $813 million |
| Oklahoma | 2 | $797 million |
| Ohio | 1 | $794 million |
| Oregon | 1 | $689 million |
| New Mexico | 1 | $675 million |
| New York | 1 | $665 million |
| Minnesota | 1 | $652 million |
| Montana | 1 | $629 million |
| Idaho | 1 | $583 million |
| South Carolina | 1 | $552 million |
| Kansas | 1 | $452 million |
| Nevada | 1 | $417 million |
| Iowa | 1 | $415 million |
| Nebraska | 1 | $405 million |
| Wyoming | 1 | $348 million |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $335 million |
| Utah | 2 | $317 million |
| Maine | 1 | $272 million |
| Maryland | 1 | $268 million |
| New Jersey | 1 | $264 million |
| Vermont | 1 | $229 million |
| South Dakota | 1 | $207 million |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $197 million |
| Guam | 1 | $157 million |
| Hawaii | 1 | $149 million |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $147 million |
| Connecticut | 1 | $144 million |
| North Dakota | 1 | $130 million |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $109 million |
| Delaware | 1 | $108 million |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $101 million |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | $80.8 million |
| American Samoa | 1 | $37.6 million |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $27.1 million |