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

      High Speed Nevada Initiative Awards

      Phase I Region 10 Award: 

      • Zayo Group: $6,130,150.27
      • Hot Spot Broadband DBA Sky Fiber Internet: $27,333,382.91

        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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