Closed · NTIA-PWSCIF-26-01 · CFDA 11.038 · Discretionary
Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Telecommunications and Information Admini, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 9, 2026
- Close date
- 3
- Expected awards
The verdict
Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN is a closed discretionary listing from National Telecommunications and Information Admini that offered Varies by applicant across 3 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 14 other opportunities from National Telecommunications and Information Admini.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 3
- expected awards
- 11.038
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on September 9, 2026. CFDA 11.038 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Varies by applicant.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed September 9, 2026
Expected Awards
3
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
This NOFO is the fourth issued under NTIA’s Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (PWSCIF or Innovation Fund). Titled “Solutions for AI-Native RAN,” the goal of this NOFO is to support the development of a secure compute environment to enable or leverage native artificial intelligence (“AI”) capabilities in the Radio Access Network (RAN) that generate revenue for operators, cost savings, and innovative third-party services, and demonstrate a business case for one or more services that leverage these capabilities, accelerating commercial deployments and the export of open, interoperable, and secure equipment.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · NTIA-PWSCIF-26-01
Grants.gov marks Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Telecommunications and Information Admini book (13 peers, 87% of 15).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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Agency Contact
Shanell Williams Shanell.williams@nist.gov
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What to do next
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