---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1738.101"
title: "7"
number: "1738.101"
heading: "Grant assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1738.101"
---

# §1738.101. Grant assistance.

- (a) **To be eligible for grant funding, the Applicant must—**
  - (1) Submit an application for an associated loan component under Title I, Title II, or Title VI of the RE Act; and
  - (2) **Not be the recipient of any other broadband grant from RUS with unadvanced grant funds.**
- (b) The amount of grant funding on any project shall not exceed:
  - (1) 75 percent of the total project cost when the proposed funded service area has a density of fewer than 7 people per square mile;
  - (2) 50 percent of the total project cost when the proposed funded service area has a density of 7 or more and fewer than 12 people per square mile; and
  - (3) 25 percent of the total project cost with respect to an area with a density of 12 or more and 20 or fewer people per square mile.
- (c) Subsequent density determinations, as well as density requirements for projects on tribal lands will be set by notice in the Federal Register.
- (d) The Agency may provide additional grant funding of up to 75 percent of the development costs of projects requesting funding under Title VI that serve rural areas that:
  - (1) Lack access to broadband service with speeds of at least 10 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream; and
  - (2) Meet any one of the priorities set forth in [§ 1738.105(a)(3)(i)](/cfr/7/1738.105.md?p=a-3-i).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 14398, Mar. 12, 2020, unless otherwise noted.