HIGHER ED RECEIVES COMMERCE TECG GRANTS - Technology Opportunities
Program (TOP) grants in the amount of $42.8 million were recently awarded by The
Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration to
13 higher education institutions and 74 non-profit groups. The grants were matched by
$46.7 million private sector and state and local organization contributions.

The following higher education institutions received funding: 1) San Diego State University
Foundation, $849,558 for a flexible, multi-use "smart community technology center;" 2) Miami-
Dade Community College, $580,331 to build a network of eReach centers; 3) Eastern Kentucky
University, $715,250 to develop a statewide videoconferencing network that will include 28 Deaf
Access Stations; 4) Louisiana State University and A&M College, $666,830 for the nation's first
statewide Internet-based fire service training program; 5) Grambling State University, $649,998
to work with African-American churches in six rural parishes in north Louisiana; 6) Northeastern
University, $399,225 for MassAgenda, to help pursue community-building activities; 7) Mott
Community College, $411,567 to five Community Technology Centers (CTCs) in Flint, Mich.,
to better serve end users; 8) Montana State University, $809,365 for technology training center
at four Tribal colleges; 9) University of New Mexico, $815,784 for broadband Internet
connectivity to five tribal museums and culture centers; 10) North Carolina Central University,
$441,043 for digital network technologies in underserved communities; 11) University of
Texas, $794,353 to build a high-speed, digital fiberoptic network to link eight public
school districts; 12) University of Tennessee, $749,498 for an extended mobile access network
and 13) Lower Columbia College, $447,253 to develop networked community centers in
impoverished counties. For complete information, visit:
http://ntiaotiant2.ntia.doc.gov/top/2001/grants.cfm