National Telecommunications and Information Administration · Broadband
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)
Major federal broadband infrastructure investment passed through to states. Cities partner with state broadband offices and ISPs to deploy service in unserved and underserved areas.
Whether your city can win this comes down to hard rules — population, designation, match capacity. Run your city and our AI checks it against the rules below in about 8 minutes.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $1M – $100M
- Non-federal match
- Varies by NOFO
- Eligible entity
- U.S. cities & local governments
- Application window
- State-administered; subaward windows vary.
- Typical prep time
- 10–20 weeks
- Statutory authority
- IIJA §60102
Who is eligible for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD)?
These are the hard rules we check against. If one fails, the program is ineligible — the AI never overrides a rule.
- Cities are eligible applicants.
State pass-through; cities apply through state broadband office. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
Run a city dossier and our AI cross-checks ACS demographics, 5-year USAspending award history, FEMA disaster history, and CEJST/Justice40 + HUD designations against this program's rules. You get a clear eligibility, strategic, and competitive answer — with the city's own hard evidence ready to anchor the narrative — instead of a generic match badge. And if it's a no-go, you'll know before you spend the month.
The dossier isn't the AI's guesswork — eligibility is decided by the rules, and the numbers come straight from official sources. The answer your reviewer will check line by line.
No credit card. 30-day trial, 3 dossiers, 1 seat.
Related programs
- ReConnect Program (Rural Broadband) (USDA Rural Development)$500K – $50M
- Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Program (NTIA)$5M – $100M
- Community Connect (Rural Broadband Grants) (USDA Rural Development)$100K – $5M
- Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program (USDA Rural Development)$50K – $1M
Award ranges, match percentages, and windows are approximate.