Grants
See below for grants awarded in 2025. For past years, visit:
| Date | Grantee | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Central Kansas Amateur Radio Club Inc. | FieldLab WØCY | $35,640 |
| October 2025 | American Indian Science and Engineering Society | ARDC Scholarship Program | $72,000 |
| October 2025 | Utah Tech University Amateur Radio S-band Ground Station | Utah Tech University Amateur Radio S-band Ground Station | $13,176 |
| October 2025 | Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut | New Class Opportunities | $7,051 |
| October 2025 | Half Moon Bay Amateur Radio Club | Coastside Emergency Communications Trailer | $25,000 |
| October 2025 | Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) | Youth Initiative Online Courses – Authoring Licenses & Artwork Enhancement | $14,556 |
| October 2025 | Offworld Lab | Legal Framework for Open-Source Passive Radar Networks | $19,632 |
| October 2025 | Trilogy Amateur Radio Club | New VHF Repeater | $9,143 |
| October 2025 | The Leffell School | The Leffell School Space Program Ground Station | $31,200 |
| October 2025 | STEM Harvest Inc. Ellis County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group | Ellis County ARES Digital Radio Expansion Project | $13,950 |
| October 2025 | Club radio amateur de Matane | Matane, Quebec Club HF Station III | $8,704 |
| October 2025 | Raleigh Amateur Radio Society (RARS) | Space Communications Outreach Portable Ground Station | $14,065 |
| October 2025 | West Central Louisiana Amateur Radio Club | West Central Louisiana Repair and Small Buildout | $6,723 |
| October 2025 | Case Amateur Radio Club of Case Western Reserve University W8EDU | Engineering Undergraduate Senior Project Support | $3,500 |
| October 2025 | NWNM EMCOMM Group | Enhancing Community Communications: Winlink VARA FM and Starlink Integrated Digipeater/RMS Solution | $7,100 |
| October 2025 | Hot Springs Amateur Radio Club | Hot Springs Amateur Radio Club Education & Repeater Expansion | $11,730 |
| October 2025 | Dimension Parabole F4KLO | Promote Hamradio, EME and radioastronomy via French sciences museum and schools | TBD |
| October 2025 | Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) | How Satellites in Space Help Us Improve Our Lives on Earth Coloring Book | $4,500 |
| October 2025 | OMIK Scholarship Fund | FY July 2025 – June 2026 Scholarship Funding | $15,000 |
| October 2025 | South Mountain Repeater Association, Inc. AKA South Mountain Radio Amateurs (SMRA) | Amateur Radio Educational Program Focused on Getting the Technician Class License and Building Community Communications Resiliency | $19,186 |
| October 2025 | Society of Women Engineers | SWE 2025 Programs | $146,200 |
| October 2025 | OpenMesh Voice Network | OpenMesh Voice Network | TBD |
| October 2025 | Seagull Solar LTD | Seagull Solar Racing Team | $7,509 |
| August 2025 | Hämeenlinnan Radioamatöörit ry | Hamlib stability enhancements and SDR transceiver support | $94,724 |
| August 2025 | WildfireMesh | Meshtastic for Wildfire fighters in Argentina | $57,068 |
| August 2025 | The Innovation School | Waves of Innovation: A Digital Communications Makerspace for Middle School | $5,000 |
| August 2025 | Kateabela Foundation | Youth RadioNet: Digital Communication Clubs for Liberian High Schools | TBD |
| August 2025 | Thanet Radio Infrastructure Group & Hilderstone Radio Society | Remote HF Station for Education and Youth Engagement | TBD |
| August 2025 | Illinois Space Society | Student Development of High-Altitude Tracking Systems for Space-Bound Vehicles | $5,766 |
| August 2025 | STEM Amateur Radio Club | Youth Hobby for the 21st Century | $18,075 |
| August 2025 | St. Croix County ARES RACES | Roberts Repeater Relocation | $11,040 |
| August 2025 | Western Lake Supreior Amateur Responders | Funding for Emergency Communications and for Funding other Amateur Radio Organizations | $28,282 |
| August 2025 | New England Sci-Tech | Attracting More Youth to Amateur Radio through high-tech digital applications | $42,565 |
| August 2025 | Boundary Amateur Radio Club | New Radios for Volunteer Fire Departments in Boundary County, Upgrades for the Boundary Community Hospital, and Other Improvements | $9,394 |
| August 2025 | Jay County Amateur Radio Club Inc. | JCARC Building Renovation & Outfitting | $39,334 |
| August 2025 | Valencia County Amateur Radio Association, Inc. | Support of Valencia Middle School’s Amateur Radio Program | $24,570 |
| August 2025 | Black Girls Do Engineer Corporation | Radio Reimagined: Empowering Brooklyn Youth Through Amateur Radio & Digital Communications | $25,000 |
| August 2025 | PIMA Community College | PIMA Community College Radio Shack | $11,910 |
| August 2025 | Lake Monroe Amateur Radio Society, Inc. | LMARS 146.805 MHz repeater upgrade and relocation to new state of the art regional hospital | $9,179 |
| August 2025 | The Radio Society of Sri Lanka | Emergency Communication Resilience Project | TBD |
| August 2025 | Ege University | Energy-Aware Link Monitoring in Wireless IoT Networks Using Vertex Cover-Based Algorithms | TBD |
| August 2025 | Butler County Amateur Fm Association | BCAFMA Duplexer | $7,000 |
| August 2025 | La Fédération des clubs radioamateurs du Québec | 2025 Trans-Quebec RF Network | $74,787 |
| August 2025 | Milford Amateur Radio Club | Digital Coverage Expansion Project | $16,181 |
| August 2025 | Vallée du Richelieu Club | Vallee du Richelieu Modernization | $32,468 |
| August 2025 | Okaw Valley Amateur Radio Club (OVARC) | OVARC VHF Repeater Revitalization Project | $24,750 |
| May 2025 | Porter County Amateur Radio Club | Northwest Indiana Radio Outreach and Revitalization Project | $27,462 |
| May 2025 | Radiokomunikacja Kryzysowa (Rescue Radio Communication) | Hamnet Expansion in Lublin district area | $8,693 |
| May 2025 | Ontario Tech Amateur Radio Club | Ontario Tech Amateur Radio Dual Band (VHF & UHF) Mobile Repeater + Ground Station | $19,053 |
| May 2025 | Pleasant Valley Telecommunications Advisory Council (PVTAC) | 10 GHz Microwave interconnect plus a new VHF/UHF Simulcast Repeater | $170,356 |
| May 2025 | Penn State Amateur Radio Club | Skyhawk Antenna Reinstall | $2,628 |
| May 2025 | Grace Lutheran School | Airwaves & Outdoors: Engaging Youth in Amateur Radio Through POTA & SOTA | $12,839 |
| May 2025 | LibreCube | Open Source VHF/UHF CubeSat Communication System | $76,602 |
| May 2025 | Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) | Copyleft Advocacy, Compliance and Enforcement | $175,000 |
| May 2025 | Alberta Digital Radio Communications Society | IP400 Network Project | $60,000 |
| May 2025 | Club Radio Amateur du Sud-Ouest Inc. (CRASOI) | CRASOI Satellite Earth Station | $14,063 |
| May 2025 | Erie Christian Amateur Radio and Technology Club | Club Development Project | $6,145 |
| May 2025 | Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness (TCEP) | 69Bravo Communications Hub Upgrade | $20,891 |
| May 2025 | Computer Deconstruction Laboratory (CDL) | Digital Communications Enhancement | $88,678 |
| May 2025 | Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club (CPARC) | San Luis Obispo County AREDN Backbone Build-out | $77,000 |
| May 2025 | Teachers in Space (TIS) | Pathways to Space | $110,107 |
| April 2025 | Southeast Community Development Corporation | SCDC Youth Electronics Academy | $46,272 |
| April 2025 | Internet Archive | Expanding the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications | $319,110 |
| April 2025 | Rhizomatica Communications | Finalizing an Open Source Digital HF Network Stack and Modem | $235,045 |
| March 2025 | A.R.E.S. Association Radio Expérimentale du Sud de Quebec | A.R.E.S. New repeater site | $30,945 |
| March 2025 | UFB New England | UFB New England System Upgrades | $35,725 |
| March 2025 | Electronic Applications Radio Service | YOTA Junior USA Camp 2025 | $20,181 |
| March 2025 | Hazel Park Amateur Radio Club | DART Repeater Upgrade | $26,743 |
| March 2025 | Parents of 1776 Organization | Enhancing STEM Education on the High Seas: Upgrading ICOM 735 for Scout Programs | $7,000 |
| March 2025 | Portal Middle High School | Amateur Radio in the Classroom | $1,370 |
| March 2025 | 39th Colombo Scout Troop of S. Thomas’ Preparatory School Colombo 3 | 4S6STP – Amateur Radio Station | $2,420 |
| March 2025 | World Genesis Foundation | Youth Radio Science Club | $20,000 |
| March 2025 | Lehi Amateur Radio Club | Cedar Valley Project | $5,174 |
| March 2025 | Panthers Amateur Radio Club | Making air waves in the Classroom | $3,303 |
| March 2025 | Apex Friendship Middle School | What’s the Frequency? | $1,783 |
| March 2025 | Ham Radio Village, Inc. | Amateur Radio Evangelist | $18,060 |
| March 2025 | PAREDN – Philippine Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network | Winlink / BBS Gateway Project | $5,000 |
| March 2025 | La Fédération des clubs radioamateurs du Québec | Parts for Motorola Quantar Repeaters | $19,106 |
