Cooperative Agreement F23AC01789

The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service awarded a $749,117 Project Grant on March 7, 2025 to Outer Coast in Sitka, Alaska under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts (CFDA 15.071) federal grant program. The grant will fund the development of an "Outer Coast Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being Curriculum" over a 23-month period ending on December 23, 2026. The curriculum project aims to establish degree programs, cultural centers, and initiatives that...

This Project Grant award of $2,787,217 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) aims to strengthen the research capacity and community engagement of the Sitka Sound Science Center (SSSC), a marine research institution in Sitka, Alaska. The key objectives of the award are to: 1) Expand and deepen SSSC's relationships with tribal entities to increase engagement between Alaska Natives and the science center, enabling more co-produced research; and 2)...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports community-based mitigation and adaptation strategies for river flooding and erosion in Alaska Native communities. Iowa State University will lead workshops and field visits with community members, local governments, and scientists in Bethel, Alaska and surrounding villages to solicit input on climate adaptation goals focused on infrastructure,...

This $239,286 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will fund the "Sikumiut: An Utqiagvik Sea Ice Field School" at the University of Washington. The project aims to bring together indigenous knowledge holders, numerical modelers, remote sensing experts, and field observers to collaboratively learn about and share knowledge on Arctic sea ice changes. Key activities include a virtual seminar series, a 1-week field school in Utqiagvik,...

This two-year, $298,908 project grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group to deliver meaningful watershed educational experiences and curriculum integration for all 5th grade students in the East Wenatchee, Washington school district. The goal is to increase authentic, locally relevant science education and student-led stewardship actions to improve local watersheds and recover imperiled salmon...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $106,906 supports the Wabanaki Youth in Science Program to engage Indigenous youth from New England and the Arctic in sustainability science at the 2022 UArctic Assembly in Portland, Maine. Funded under the Polar Programs CFDA 47.078, the award will allow Indigenous youth to learn best practices for research partnerships and sustainable development strategies for Indigenous communities. Participants will engage with UArctic leadership,...

The Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. was awarded a $2,165,778 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 30, 2021 to support the SEALASKA HERITAGE ARTS CAMPUS: INNOVATIONS IN ALASKA NATIVE ARTS EDUCATION project. The funding will be used through September 29, 2024 to support projects recognizing and addressing the unique educational needs of Alaska Native students by integrating Alaska Native languages and cultures into...

This $538,911 National Science Foundation project grant funds research and program development at South Dakota State University from February 2022 to January 2024 under the federal STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program. The grant supports a design-based research partnership between SDSU, the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Alaska Native communities. The project aims to better understand culturally responsive approaches to environmental science education and their role in fostering...

This $1,285,040 federal Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Interior's National Park Service and awarded under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071), supports a wide range of initiatives and programs to preserve and promote Alaska Native culture and arts development. The grant recipient, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Inc., will use the funding to establish degree programs, cultural centers, and other activities focused on scholarly study,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Park Service under the Youth and Veteran Organizations Conservation Activities program (CFDA 15.931) provides $218,666.66 to support Conservation Legacy and its Southwest Conservation Corps program to execute natural and cultural resource conservation projects on Department of the Interior lands at Great Sand Dunes National Park. The funding will be used to repair and maintain hiking trails, including the Sand Creek Trail, Little Sand Creek...