; (iii) implement health information technology to achieve efficiencies, reduce medical errors, and improve quality; (iv) coordinate care and manage chronic illness; and (v) strengthen the rural health care system as a whole in such a manner as to show a quantifiable return on investment to the participants in the network. (B) Grant periods The Director may award such a rural health network development grant— (i) for a period of 3 years for implementation activities; or (ii) for a period of 1 year for planning activities to assist in the initial development of an integrated health care network, if the proposed participants in the network do not have a history of collaborative efforts and a 3-year grant would be inappropriate. (2) Eligibility To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an entity— (A) shall be a rural public or rural nonprofit private entity, a facility that qualifies as a rural health clinic under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, a public or nonprofit entity existing exclusively to provide services to migrant and seasonal farm workers in rural areas, or a Tribal government whose grant-funded activities will be conducted within federally recognized Tribal areas; (B) shall represent a network composed of participants— (i) that include 3 or more independently owned health care entities; and (ii) that may be nonprofit or for-profit entities; and (C) shall not previously have received a grant under this subsection (other than a 1-year grant for planning activities) for the same or a similar project. (3) Applications To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity, in consultation with the appropriate State office of rural health or another appropriate State entity, shall prepare and submit to the Director an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may require, including— (A) a description of the project that the eligible entity will carry out using the funds provided under the grant