Business & Economic Development · Active
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program · DOC · Sparse NOFO · mega band
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (CFDA 11.429) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $1M–$100M
- Typical award range
- 1
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOC
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, Broadband Technology Opportunities Program ranks #90 of 504, #8 of 19 within DOC, and #3 of 42 among Business & Economic Development programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 11.429 is an active Business & Economic Development program with 1 indexed Grants.gov opportunity. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $1M–$100M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $300,000
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Business & Economic Development
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program · upper-band quiet listing (#26/502 by ceiling)
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program clears 476 of 502 published ceilings (95th percentile), an upper-band catalog maximum, not a promised award.
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$100,000,000 Top 5% higher than 95% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2025-03-26
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 11.429 · DOC VOL-SPARSE · #90/504
VOL-SPARSE · UPPER-Q · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-TENS-M · ELIG-MIX · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-SPARSE 1 indexed
- UPPER-Q #90/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-TENS-M $1M–$100M
- ELIG-MIX 2 eligible desks
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 1 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 11.429
VOL-SPARSE · #90/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestBroadband Technolog… · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
Rare NOFOs under a mega ceiling
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program pairs a mega SAM.gov ceiling ($1.0 million to $100.0 million) with a sparse Grants.gov trail (1 indexed row). Large paper capacity, few public solicitations: watch the open flags on those scarce listings rather than expecting a steady NOFO cadence.
Assistance Listing text · DOC
Grants to expand broadband access and adoption in unserved and underserved areas.
Civic applicant mix · government + nonprofit doors
Broadband Technology Opportunities Program combines government/tribal and nonprofit applicant types (2 doors). The listing is a civic funding corridor spanning public and nonprofit operators.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 11.429
71% of the 56 indexed listings under CFDA 11.429 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism Broadband Technology Opportunities Program typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $41.7 million across 54 listings (avg $772,000)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 565 across 50 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 11.429, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 11.429
None of the 56 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 11.429 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings swing from $42,000 to $2.0 million (48×); treat any single listing's ceiling as a local bound, not the program's typical award. Listings span 4 funding-activity codes; the plurality is Environment (ENV, 63%).
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 56 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $75,000 (50 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Environment (ENV)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOC · administering agency
U.S. Department of Commerce
Economic development, trade, broadband, and technology programs for communities and businesses.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 11.429
FY12 Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training Program
2025 Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training
FY25 Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
2025 NOAA Hawaii Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program
Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) for Indigenous Communities 2024
2024 NOAA Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program
2024 Pacific Northwest Bay Watershed Education and Training
The 2024 NOAA Hawaii Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program
FY24 Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) for Indigenous Communities
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (1 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 11.429: 1 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) administers 19 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Public Housing Operating Fund (14.850). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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