BEAD Grant Application Website

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program is designed to ensure that every home, business, and community anchor institution in Michigan will have access to a high-speed internet connection.

Michigan’s BEAD Program accepted Pre-Registration from potential applications from June 28, 2024, through March 10, 2025, and Round 1 Project Applications from January 9, 2025, through April 9, 2025. However, as required by the BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice that was released by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on June 6, 2025, MIHI revised Michigan’s BEAD Program and administered a “Benefit of the Bargain Round.”

As directed by the Policy Notice, unlicensed fixed wireless (ULFW) providers that serve BEAD-eligible locations were offered an opportunity to provide evidence that BEAD funding is not required for the locations they serve. This notice was posted on this page on June 9, 2025, and the deadline for these providers to respond was June 16, 2025.

MIHI launched the Benefit of the Bargain round by accepting additional new registrations (former round 1 pre-registered applicants did not need to register again) from July 7, 2025, until July 21, 2025. Following the registration period, MIHI accepted applications from July 21, 2025, until August 4, 2025. 38 entities submitted more than 800 applications during the Benefit of the Bargain round.