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This $101,226 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports the development of a sustainable, collaborative, and participatory research program focused on urban Indigenous food systems in Alaska. The two-year project will establish partnerships with tribal organizations, local leaders, and scholars to identify priorities for urban food security research, with a focus on assessing the role of and access to traditional foods, how rural-to-urban...

The Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association received a $209,100 two-year Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Regional Food System Partnerships program. The grant will fund the development of a 10-year statewide seafood distribution and workforce development plan for Alaska. In year one, the Association will conduct a comprehensive needs assessment involving over 15 tribal partners and 100+ stakeholders from fishing, processing,...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service, under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 10.182), provides $2,480,000 to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska to purchase and distribute local seafood such as crab, shrimp, and fish from local fishermen, prioritizing tribal citizen fishermen. The goal is to provide up to 1,000 tribal households with these locally sourced, minimally-processed seafood products...

This community-based project combines Indigenous knowledge with genomic study of three salmon species on the Kenai Peninsula through the generation of long-read de novo genomes from salmon remains recovered from archaeological contexts. These will be compared to present-day salmon genomes from the same location to explore genomic architecture and evolutionary history over two thousand years. Tribal members, students, and post-doctoral fellows will collaborate in salmon genome analysis, while...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $1.57 million to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation under the Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) on November 1, 2025, for research and evaluation activities supporting Pacific salmon reintroduction in the Upper Columbia River watershed. The award, with a completion date of June 30, 2028, will fund cost-effective methodologies for reintroducing Pacific salmon while assessing the survivability and...

This $2,306,004 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) aims to expand and strengthen an indigenous workforce for climate resilience in Alaska. The project will engage the Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island's Indigenous Sentinels Network, Bering Sea Research Center, and Ilisagvik College to develop a climate-ready workforce that centers indigenous knowledge and supports climate resilience...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Alaska Department of Fish & Game received a $164,450 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior's Office of Subsistence Management under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The project documents traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from residents of Ambler, Noorvik, and Kotzebue regarding changes in salmon distribution, abundance, migration, and timing in the...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation), aims to build local capacity and reduce fishers' vulnerability to climate change impacts in Puerto Rico. The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the prime awardee, will receive $199,995.00 from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2026 to execute the following key activities: Provide capacity building support through the Strengths of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the Pacific Shellfish Institute a $1.47 million Cooperative Agreement under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The award funds a multi-year research initiative documenting how native species interact with Pacific Coast shellfish farms across Washington, Oregon, California, and Alaska. The project will employ diverse scientific...

This $358,842 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports a collaborative research project led by New Mexico State University to harness controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to enhance food security, nutrition, and climate resilience in tribal communities across three EPSCoR jurisdictions. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) characterize how the environment, plants, and microbes interact in hydroponic...