Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program – Solutions for AI-Native RAN
Status: Forecasted
Posted date: July 14, 2026
Archive date: October 9, 2026
Close date: September 9, 2026
Opportunity ID: 363179
Opportunity number: NTIA-PWSCIF-26-01
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: National Telecommunications and Information Admini
Agency code: DOC-NTIA
Award floor: $0
Award ceiling: $0
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Grant
Category of Funding Activity
- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Eligible Applicants
- Others
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- category_of_funding_activity:science_and_technology_and_other_research_and_development
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:others
- funding_instrument_type:grant
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:forecasted
This NOFO is the fourth issued under NTIA’s Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (PWSCIF or Innovation Fund). Titled “Solutions for AI-Native RAN,” the goal of this NOFO is to support the development of a secure compute environment to enable or leverage native artificial intelligence (“AI”) capabilities in the Radio Access Network (RAN) that generate revenue for operators, cost savings, and innovative third-party services, and demonstrate a business case for one or more services that leverage these capabilities, accelerating commercial deployments and the export of open, interoperable, and secure equipment.