First Nations Community Wi-Fi Program – Open Competitive Grant Opportunity

Overview

The First Nations Community Wi-Fi Program is an open competitive grant opportunity that will fund projects to provide free community Wi-Fi solutions in eligible remote and very remote First Nations communities.  The program aims to improve and expand the level of digital inclusion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by providing accessible, place-based solutions that are tailored to the needs of individual communities now and into the future.  Accessibility, affordability and sustainability are key features of the program.  The objective of the Grant Opportunity is to: ·         deliver place-based Community Wi-Fi solutions in remote and very remote First Nations communities, by 30 June 2027, that respond to local priorities and community needs, and is reliable, sustainable, stable, accessible, and free for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in those communities. The First Nations Community Wi-Fi program grant opportunity will be delivered through an open competitive grants process administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the department) in accordance with the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024 (CGRPs).