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Federal Funding Opportunities

The Federal Funding Opportunities database contains a curated summary of existing federal programs supporting broadband and smart city projects. Community leaders familiar with federal funding programs should explore the database below and follow the links provided to the relevant agency site for further details. Sectors covered in the database include: Transportation, Big Data, Infrastructure, Energy, Healthcare, Broadband, Economic Development, Education, Public Safety and Information Technologies.

For users who are less familiar with federal funding programs the Opportunity Wizard to the right offers a quick way to identify the best funding for your projects.

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Cyber Enabled Networked Physical Systems

Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Sector
Information Technologies, Infrastructure, Innovation, Public Safety, Research
Deadline
Open for at least 30 days
RFP Summary provided by the agency This is a critical time in the design and deployment of Cyber Enabled Networked Physical Systems (CNPS). Advances in networking, computing, sensing, and control systems have enabled a broad range of new devices. These systems are being designed and deployed now, but unfortunately security is often left as an additional feature that will be bolted on later. Indus…
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Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP)

Agency
US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Sector
Business Support, Economic Development, Small Business
Deadline
Open for at least 30 days
This program provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) to help microenterprises startup and growth through a Rural Microloan Revolving Fund and training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and micro entrepreneurs.
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Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC)

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sector
Big Data, Broadband, Community Development, Education & Workforce, Information Technologies, Innovation, Public Safety, Research
Deadline
Open for at least 30 days
The S&CC program encourages researchers to work with community stakeholders to identify and define challenges they are facing, enabling those challenges to motivate use-inspired research questions. For this solicitation, community stakeholders may include some or all the following: residents, neighborhood or community groups, nonprofit or philanthropic organizations, businesses, as well as municipal organizations such as libraries, museums, educational institutions, public works departments, and health and social services agencies.
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Technology and Innovation Deployment Program (TIDP) - Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration

Agency
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Sector
Transportation
Deadline
Open for at least 180 days
The AID Demonstration program provides funding as an incentive for eligible entities to accelerate the implementation and adoption of innovation in highway transportation.
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BIGDATA program

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sector
Big Data
Deadline
Open for at least 180 days
The BIGDATA program seeks novel approaches in computer science, statistics, computational science, and mathematics leading towards the further development of the interdisciplinary field of data science. The program also seeks innovative applications in domain science, including social and behavioral sciences, education, physical sciences, and engineering, where data science and the availability of big data are creating new opportunities for research and insights not previously possible.
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Civil Infrastructure Systems (CIS) Program

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sector
Information Technologies, Infrastructure, Innovation, Research
Deadline
Open for at least 180 days
The CIS program encourages potentially disruptive ideas that will open new frontiers and significantly broaden and transform relevant research communities. The program particularly welcomes research that addresses novel system and service design, system integration, big data analytics, and socio-technological-infrastructure connections.
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FY 2020 EDA Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Programs (CARES Act Update)

Agency
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Sector
Community Development, COVID-19, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Infrastructure, Innovation, Workforce Development
Deadline
Open for at least 180 days
Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities. EDA provides strategic investments on a competitive- merit-basis to support economic development, foster job creation, and attract private investment in economically distressed areas of the United States.
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Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN) Program

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sector
Advanced Manufacturing, Big Data, Economic Development, Energy, Information Technologies, Innovation
Deadline
Open for at least 180 days
The Energy, Power, Control, and Networks (EPCN) Program supports innovative research in modeling, optimization, learning, adaptation, and control of networked multi-agent systems, higher-level decision making, and dynamic resource allocation, as well as risk management in the presence of uncertainty, sub-system failures, and stochastic disturbances.
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