Notice2026-08991

Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2026

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Published
May 7, 2026

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Agriculture DepartmentRural Utilities Service

Abstract

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to announce acceptance of applications under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program for fiscal year (FY) 2026. In future years this funding opportunity will only be announced on the Agency website and grants.gov, without a Federal Register notice. Therefore in future years, neither the funding opportunity nor reference to the funding opportunity in grants.gov will appear in the Federal Register. Please make a note of this change in location of the funding announcement in your records.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 24803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08991]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

[Docket No. RUS-25-TELECOM-0266]


Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Distance Learning and 
Telemedicine Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2026

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural 
Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is issuing a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to announce 
acceptance of applications under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine 
(DLT) grant program for fiscal year (FY) 2026. In future years this 
funding opportunity will only be announced on the Agency website and 
<a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a>, without a Federal Register notice. Therefore in future 
years, neither the funding opportunity nor reference to the funding 
opportunity in <a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a> will appear in the Federal Register. Please 
make a note of this change in location of the funding announcement in 
your records.

DATES: May 7, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Full funding notice is available on <a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a>. Program 
guidance and application forms may be obtained at <a href="http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/telecommunications-programs/distance-learning-telemedicine-grants">www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/telecommunications-programs/distance-learning-telemedicine-grants</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shekinah Pepper, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Loan Origination and Approval Division, RUS, 
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop 1590, Room 4121-S, 
Washington, DC 20250-1590, telephone: (202) 720-0800, email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c4f54595755525d54124c594c4c594e7c494f585d125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8efde6ebe5e7e0efe6a0feebfefeebfccefbfdeaefa0e9e1f8">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The full text of the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity (NOFO) is available on the Agency website and on <a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a> 
using Funding Opportunity Number RUS-26-01-DLT or Assistance Listing 
Number 10.855.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301.)

Christopher McLean,
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-08991 Filed 5-6-26; 8:45 am]
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