Funding Year 2002: July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2003
Wave 7: July 15, 2002
NATIONAL INFORMATION
More than 36,000 applications were received for the Universal Service
Fund – Funding Year 2002.
This seventh wave notified 850 schools and libraries applicants.
The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed nationally to
schools and libraries in the form of a discount on eligible services
for this wave: $22.8 million.
NEW JERSEY INFORMATION
The total amount of Universal Service Funds committed to New Jersey
in the form of a discount on eligible services in this wave: $121,297.13.
Total amount committed to New Jersey at this time: $20,794,406.50, which
is 3.2% of national total thus far (approximately $642 million).
The total number of awards in New Jersey for wave seven: 13.
The number of agencies notified in this seventh wave: 8. (New Jersey
comprised 0.9% of the total national funded applications for this wave.)
Many agencies filed more than one application for separate services
in the following categories:
Public School Districts: 1 (0 Abbott districts received awards in
this wave)
Nonpublic Schools: 6
Public Libraries: 1
