Project Grant DEIE0000056

Federal Grant Award Summary The Northwest Arctic Borough School District received a $509,007 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Alaska Native Educational Programs (CFDA 84.356) on July 2, 2025. The Inupiatun Ilisaqta Project (TIIP) is designed to support innovative educational initiatives that recognize and integrate Alaska Native languages, cultures, and traditional knowledge into the educational environment serving the...

Arctic Slope Community Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $172,026 project grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to develop an Iñupiaq language web dictionary, sentence builder, and translator from July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The goal of the project is to preserve the Iñupiaq language through digital tools for indefinite use by Iñupiaq speakers, learners, researchers, and educators. Key...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148), will provide $242,700.23 to the Knik Tribe to build its management, organizational, and technical capacity for energy resource development. The funding will enable the Knik Tribe to work with a consultant to evaluate and optimize its energy resource opportunities, laying the foundation for energy diversification and...

The Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $241,837.70 project grant to the Aleut International Association (AIA), a non-profit organization, to facilitate the involvement of Arctic indigenous communities in the Arctic Council. The grant was funded through the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) program, which supports international partnerships to address environmental, scientific, and health...

The Alaska Native Heritage Center, Incorporated was awarded a $750,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts Program (CFDA 15.071). The grant funding will support the "Elisgu Project (Go Learn It, Yup'ik): A Master Artist Education Project" over a 5-year period from April 2024 to March 2029. The project will implement a statewide network of master Alaska Native artists who will facilitate 6...

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,...

The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Calista Education and Culture, Inc. a $149,736 Project Grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct research exploring indigenous Yup'ik concepts of illness and wellness in Alaska. The grant-funded project will compile and integrate ethnographic and personal narratives from Yup'ik elders through two topic-specific gatherings in Bethel, Alaska focused on continuity and change in understandings of...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Energy Development Capacity (TEDC) Grants program (CFDA 15.148), will fund a $180,600 feasibility study for solar panel and battery energy storage system installations in the Alaska Native communities of Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Tatitlek. The grant recipient, Chugachmiut, a non-profit Alaskan Native Corporation, will provide oversight and support to conduct the feasibility...

The Central Council Tlingit And Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska was awarded $174,500 under the Indian Economic Development grant program (CFDA 15.032) by the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office. The funding will support a broadband feasibility study to develop multiple design concepts for broadband infrastructure deployment across various locations in Southeast Alaska, with a focus on Prince of Wales Island. The study aims to promote economic sovereignty and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska received a $472,917 project grant awarded October 1, 2025, through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Indian Education -- Special Programs for Indian Children program (CFDA 84.299). The award, with a performance period through September 30, 2026, funds the "Pathways Forward: Strengthening Indigenous Youth Through Wayfinding, Wellness, and Workforce" initiative based...