Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN

This program funds solutions for AI-native radio access networks that use a secure compute environment and can be developed, commercially sold, and/or deployed by the applicant. Applicants must be organized under U.S. or state law and have their principal place of business in the United States; subsidiaries or affiliates of foreign-parent entities are ineligible. Awards are anticipated to be up to $25,000,000 each, with up to $53,000,000 total funding available, and no application may request more than $50,000,000 in federal funding. Applicants must provide at least 50% of total project cost as cost share, which may be cash or in-kind, and all project activities must take place in the United States, its territories, and possessions. Activities may not involve entities or jurisdictions defined as countries of concern, covered nations, or other listed ineligible parties.

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