{"id":13635,"date":"2026-05-15T11:36:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=13635"},"modified":"2026-05-15T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:24:07","slug":"infrastructure-grant-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/05\/15\/infrastructure-grant-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Grant Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connect Maryland: Network Infrastructure Grant Program \u2013 Round 2 Strategic Middle-Mile Infrastructure<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Office of Statewide Broadband is making up to approximately $11.8 million available through Connect Maryland\u2019s Network Infrastructure Grant Program Round 2. This competitive funding opportunity, supported through the American Rescue Plan Act Capital Projects Fund (CPF), will support strategic middle-mile broadband infrastructure projects across Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Funding will support projects that improve broadband transport capacity, interconnection, resiliency, redundancy, and long-term network scalability. These projects are intended to strengthen the performance, reliability, and sustainability of broadband networks serving residents, businesses, and public-interest uses throughout Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Program requirements, eligibility criteria, funding details, scoring criteria, and application instructions are available in the Request for Applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Application materials<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applicants should review the Request for Applications before completing the required forms and templates. <\/span><b>Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on May 22, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Applications must be submitted by email to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"mailto:osb.md@maryland.gov\">osb.md@maryland.gov<\/a>\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with the subject line: Maryland Network Infrastructure Grant Round 2 Application &#8211; [Applicant Name].\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Broadband\/Documents\/ConnectMaryland-FY26_NIGPRound2\/MiddleMileRFA.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Round 2 Request for Applications<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Broadband\/Documents\/ConnectMaryland-FY26_NIGPRound2\/AttachmentA1-ApplicationForm.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200bAttachment A-1: Application Form<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Broadband\/Documents\/ConnectMaryland-FY26_NIGPRound2\/AttachmentD1-TechnicalDesignChecklist.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attachment D-1: Technical Design Checklist<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Broadband\/Documents\/ConnectMaryland-FY26_NIGPRound2\/AttachmentF1-ProjectMilestoneTemplate.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attachment F-1: Project Milestone Schedule Template<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Broadband\/Documents\/ConnectMaryland-FY26_NIGPRound2\/AttachmentF2-ConstructionBudget.xlsx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attachment F-2: Construction Budget Template<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Broadband\/Documents\/ConnectMaryland-FY26_NIGPRound2\/AttachmentG1-FinancialDocumentationChecklist.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attachment G-1: Financial Documentation Checklist<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connect Maryland: Network Infrastructure Grant Program \u2013 Round 2 Strategic Middle-Mile Infrastructure The Maryland Office of Statewide Broadband is making up to approximately $11.8 million available through Connect Maryland\u2019s Network Infrastructure Grant Program Round 2. This competitive funding opportunity, supported through the American Rescue Plan Act Capital Projects Fund (CPF), will support strategic middle-mile broadband<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2026\/05\/15\/infrastructure-grant-programs\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":11496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214,246,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","category-notice-of-funding-availability","category-legal-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13635"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13637,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13635\/revisions\/13637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}