Innovation Fund
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The Innovation Fund is a ten-year, $1.5 billion grant program, advancing open wireless network technologies. The purpose of the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (Innovation Fund) program is to fund efforts that accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of open and interoperable radio access networks (RAN) through a competitive grant program. The Innovation Fund will: Promote 5G+ technologies that are secure, open, and virtualized; advance the deployment of open and interoperable equipment; support the integration of multi-vendor networks and identify criteria to decide if equipment follows open standards.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
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Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.