BTOP Grant Application Support Package

Publication Date	June 2009
Publisher	Mind Commerce
Product Type	Report
Pages	300
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	MIC00049

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Summary

This 300+ page reference package provides cut-and-paste content that will save the applicant hundreds of man-hours in researching and writing a grant application to support a WiMAX-based project.

The BTOP Grant Application Support Package enables service providers, municipalities and other grant applicants to quickly and accurately write a technology-detailed, application-specific grant application to fund a WiMAX network in their unserved or underserved market.

At the core of the BTOP Grant Application Support Package is the Template for BTOP Grant Application Business Plan, which is an 85 page template for a business plan to support a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant application.

The Template addresses various focus areas and critical issues such as:

Eligibility for a grant (ARRA 2009 6001)
Public Benefits: Access, applications, and affordability for unserved or underserved markets
Core WiMAX Applications: Support for education, healthcare, EBS spectrum, public safety, video surveillance, security, quality of service, job creation, low-income households, flu pandemic, etc.
Leading Edge Applications: "smart grid" applications, utilities, school districts, 1:1 computing, VoIP backhaul, etc.
Financial and Strategy: Cost estimates, financials, expected outcomes, deployment strategy, budgeting, auditing and oversight of the project
Miscellaneous: Public-private partnerships, market specifics, "greening" the application, why the project could not be done in the time frame of the grant period without federal grant funding, VoIP, backhaul, meeting the build out requirements

In addition to the 85 page BTOP Grant Template, the BTOP Grant Application Support Package includes the following:

WiMAX RFP (15 pages PDF)
Softswitch RFP (26 pages PDF)
WiMAX Business Planning Tool (Excel spreadsheet)
WiMAX in Support of Education (84 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Support of Healthcare (51 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Support of Public Safety (24 pages PDF)
WiMAX in Support of Job Creation and Economic Development (78 pages PDF)
Wireless Backhaul as Middle Mile Infrastructure for WiMAX Networks (35 pages PDF)

Key Benefits:

Based on the ARRA 2009
Saves grant writers hundreds of hours in researching the grant program
Saves grant writers hundreds of hours in identifying applications for broadband technologies to be funded by the program
Identifies a number of social goals to be accomplished by the grant program and their relationships to broadband technologies
Identifies applications that will add weight to any application such as 1:1 computing, "greening" the application, telemedicine, "smart grid" applications, etc

Audience:

Anyone seeking a grant for BTOP needing expertise and significant time savings
Anyone developing a WiMAX business plan and/or to plan for WiMAX deployment
The following groups: Public entities (municipalities, school districts, states, counties, etc), non-profits, and private entities (telecommunications service providers, ISPs, WISPs, tower companies, etc)

Content

Executive Summary
The Company/Partnership/Applicant(s)
Unique Attributes of Applicant
The Proposal: Problem and Solution
Eligibility to Apply for a Grant
We Are Eligible Because
Technology Plan: Wireless for Speed and Low Cost of Deployment
WiMAX Is The Best Technology Solution for This Market
Range and Throughput
Quality of Service (QoS)
Security
Specific Application of WiMAX
Overview of the Geographic Market
Problem and Solution: Unserved or Underserved?
Broadband in Support of Education: Schools As Community Anchor Institutions
One-to-One Computing
WiMAX in Education: No Child Left Offline
Applications for WiMAX in Education
Literacy
Numeracy
Writing
Affordability
Education Partners on this Application
Questions to consider and points to address
WiMAX for Municipalities
Public Safety: Video Surveillance
Applications for a "smart grid" for "smart" public buildings to reduce energy costs
Government On The Go
Substitute WiMAX for Other Telecommunications Costs
Governments Supporting This Application
WiMAX and Healthcare
Flu Pandemic
Video conferencing and training
Home health care monitoring
Mobile or Remote Healthcare Vans
Ambulance services
Healthcare Institutions Supporting This Application
Questions to consider and points to address
WiMAX for Job Creation, Economic Development and Small Business
Agriculture
Organizations Supporting This Application
Questions to consider and points to address
VoIP for this Community
Content Delivery Network for this Community
Data Center to Support Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Job Creation, Economic Development for our Community
Potential Partners For This Application
"Greening" the Application: Use of Renewable Energy to Support "Green Grid" Telecommunications to Comply with FCC Mandates for Emergency Backup Power
Implementation Strategy
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Labor and equipment deployed during each phase
Oversight/monitoring/maintenance
Project Management
Budget
Basis for the Cost Estimate
Spending schedule
Auditing
Prior government grant awards
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
Suggestions:
Provision of quality of service equal to or better than what is available in urban areas
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Specifics for this market include:
Education
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Specifics for this market include:
Hospitals/public health
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Specifics for this market include:
Public safety
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Specifics for this market include:
Government services
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Specifics for this market include:
Registration Tips
Financials
Competitive Landscape: Why Grant Funding is Needed for this Project
Summary
About the Author
Additional Material Provided (Appendices - Separate Tools/Documents):
- WiMAX Business Planning Tool (Excel spreadsheet)
- WiMAX in Education (84 pages PDF)
- WiMAX in Healthcare (51 pages PDF)
- WiMAX in Public Safety (24 pages PDF)
- WiMAX for Job Creation and Economic Development (78 pages PDF)
- WiMAX for Middle Mile Infrastructure (35 pages PDF)
- WiMAX Request for Proposal (15 pages PDF)
- Softswitch Request for Proposal (26 pages PDF)