Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program - Software Solutions for Industry Verticals and Integration Automation
- Posted
- December 17, 2024
- Closed
- April 16, 2025
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 11.038
- Archives
- May 16, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 11.038 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $135M
- FY2025 obligated
- $409.9M
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- −$30.1M
- Awards in window
- 35
A negative year is a net de-obligation: downward adjustments to earlier awards exceeded new obligations in that year.
Top recipients: Abside Networks Inc, Nokia of America Corporation, John Mezzalingua Associates Llc, Airspan Networks Inc., At&t Enterprises, Llc
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is the third issued under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (Innovation Fund). The Innovation Fund is an NTIA-administered competitive grant program that seeks to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of open and interoperable radio access networks (RAN). In this third NOFO, NTIA will invest in software solutions to further drive Open RAN adoption. Software design is a specific strength of U.S. innovation, and NTIA hopes that this software-centric third NOFO will elicit broad interest from the tech community. Through these awards, NTIA aims to identify and validate new Open RAN-enabled revenue streams, while reducing the cost and complexity of multi-vendor integration. These efforts will help expand market opportunities for suppliers and operators, in turn facilitating Open RAN adoption in upcoming equipment buying cycles and beyond.
Who can apply
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Eligibility varies for each SRFA. SRFA 1 applicants must meet the eligibility requirements listed in Section 2.2. SRFA 2 applicants must meet the eligibility requirements listed in Section 3.2.
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