[1st-mile-nm] RUS Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants Round

[Richard Lowenberg]

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA),  announces its Distance Learning and 
Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program application window for Fiscal Year (FY) 
2018.  Submissions must be postmarked or received no later than June 4, 
2018 to be eligible for FY 2018 grant funding.  DLT grants are designed 
to provide access to education, training, and health care resources for 
rural Americans. The DLT Program provides financial assistance to 
encourage and improve telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas through the use of telecommunications, computer networks, 
and related advanced technologies by students, teachers, medical 
professionals, and rural residents.  The grants, which are awarded 
through a competitive process, may be used to fund 
telecommunicationsenabled information, audio and video equipment, and 
related advanced technologies which extend educational and medical 
access into rural areas.  Grants are intended to benefit end users in 
rural areas, who are often not in the same location as the source of the 
educational or health care service.
(Benton Summary)

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-04-03/pdf/2018-06503.pdf


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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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