Broadband Awards

The Office of Science, Innovation and Technology (OSIT) is charged with the planning, mapping and procurement of broadband service in a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory manner. Summaries of awards and funding decisions relating to broadband, both by OSIT and by other entities, will be placed below.

    Nevada Education Broadband Grants

    Nevada Connect Kids Grants

    Nevada E-rate Awards

    Funding Year School  / Library/ Tribal  Entity   Total Project Plant  Route Feet Fiber Construction Total Costs State Contribution
    2017 Elko County School District 96,000 $921,000     $91,100
    2018 Tonopah Library District 224 $9,950 $497.50
    2018 Eureka County School District 2,934 $108,424.97 $10,842
    2018 Lyon County School District 195,836 $1,250,000   $125,000
    2018 Storey County School District 2,000 $38,115.60  $3,811.56
    2019 Reno Sparks Indian Colony 30,624   $650,878 $65,087.80
    2019 White Pine Co School District 326,304 $90,000 $9,000
    2019 Elko-Lander-Eureka County Library System 1,000 $12,500 $1,250
    2019 North Las Vegas Municipal Library 24,816 $26,500 $2,650
    2019 Mineral County School District 7,700 $208,762.55 $20,876.26
    2019 North Las Vegas Municipal Library 24,288 $26,500 $2,650
    2019 Ely Soshone Tribal Library 12,144 $165,750 $16,575
    2019 Austin Consortium 10,085 $289,000 $28,900
    2019 White Pine Co School District 11,088 $150,000 $15,000
    2019 Elko-Lander-Eureka County Library System 5,000 $20,000 $2,000
    2019 Pershing County Education Consortium 4,805 $92,801.87 $9,423.40
    2019 Learning Bridge Charter School 1,520 $50,000 $5,000
    2019 Lyon County School District 1,687 $209,497 $20,949.70
    2019 Mineral County School District 7,077 $185,000 $18,500
    2019 Elko County School District 29,568 $435,100 $43,510
    2019 Walker River Paiute Tribe 10,561 $88,000 $8,800
    2020 Elko-Lander Eureka County Library System 520 $18,200 $1,820
    2020 Eureka County School District 116,160 $1,250,000 $375,000
    2020 Elko-Lander-Eureka County Library System 2,422 $84,800 $8,480
    2021 Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Library System 120,859 $1,739,541 $173,954.10
    2021 Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Library System 6,100 $61,847 $6,184.70
    2021 Yerington Paiute Tribal Library 10,560 $201,926.80 $20,192.68
    2022 Carson City School District 60,034 $1,194,852 $119,485.20
    2022 Elko-Eureka County Library System 10,800 $124,902 $24,980.40
    2022 Elko County School District 14,000 $806,241.36 $161,248.27
    2022 Elko-Eureka County Library System 528 $42,548 $8,509.60
    2022 Elko County School District 5,800 $39,951 $7,990.20
    2022 Elko County School District 1,636 $129,171 $25,834.20
    2022 Washoe County Library  312,213 $2,397,884.83 $719,365.45
    2022 Elko-Eureka County Library System 1,100 $45,000 $9,000
    2022 Duckwater Shoshone Consortium 514,244 $5,513,287.87 $275,664.39
     
    Feet of New Fiber:
    1,982,237
    $18,677,932.87
    $2,440,132.41
      Miles of New Fiber: 375 TOTAL COST ALL PROJECTS TOTAL STATE CONTRIBUTION

      Broadband Funding Awarded Directly by the Federal Government

      This section provides information about other federal funding that was awarded by federal entities directly to the recipients in Nevada indicated below.

        Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program (BIP)- NTIA

        Year     Awardee           Total Project Cost      Grant Funding      Unserved Locations
        2022     Elko County $18,375,002 $7,350,000 5568

        TOTAL:
        		     
        $18,375,002        		  
        $7,350,000        		  
        5568

          Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP)- NTIA

          Year     Awardee       Award Amount      Households Served
          2022      Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada $18,945,379.94 972
          2022      Duckwater Shoshone Tribe $3,482,070 78
          2022      Walker River Paiute Tribe $6,476,858.21 418
          2022      Fallon Shoshone Tribe $1,669,771 313
          2022      Ely Shoshone Tribe $788,001 118

          TOTAL:          		     
          $31,362,080.15
           1,899

            ReConnect Grant Awards- USDA

            Year      Awardee Grant Amount Location People Serviced
            2022      Uprise Fiber $27,154,596 Pershing County 4884
            2020      Beehive Broadband $2,300,000 Elko County 650

            TOTAL:            		     
            $29,454,596            		    
            5534

              Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program (CMC)

              Year               Awardee             Grant Funding   
              2023  College of Southern Nevada   $2,488,048.00  

              TOTAL:
              		      $2,488,048.00  

                Contact

                Brian Mitchell
                Director
                775-687-0987

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