02.04.22

Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants to Alaska

Over $46 million in in federal funds to benefit and strengthen Alaska’s communities and economy

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the senior Senator for Alaska, announced the following grants to organizations, Tribal entities, and communities in Alaska:

  • Alaska-Statewide: $32.3 million to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells from the Department of the Interior funding from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
  • Alaska-Statewide: Anchorage: $373,278 to Rural Alaska Community Action Plan to recruit 50 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers who will leverage the language and cultural skills of elders in the classroom setting to promote academic engagement and social-emotional skills in rural Alaska.
  • Alaska-Statewide: $1.3 million Business and Industry Loan Guarantee to Pathfinder Aviation from the Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development Awards.
  • Anchorage: $199,236 Rural Cooperative Development Grant to the University of Alaska Anchorage from the Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development Awards.
  • Anchorage: $1.2 million to the Alaska Junior Theater to support personnel, facilities, and marketing expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Anchorage: $150,000 to the Alaska Native Heritage Center to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Anchorage: $50,000 to the Anchorage Opera Company to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Clarks Point: $500,000 for the Village of Clarks Point from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for broadband use and adoption.
  • Cordova: $150,000 to the Native Village of Eyak Traditional Council to support personnel and facilities expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Douglas: $150,000 to the Perseverance Theater to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Fairbanks: $112,967 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled, “RII Track-4: NSF: Does warming-driven root damage lead to drought stress in declining yellow-cedar trees?”
  • Fairbanks: $176,688 to the University of Alaska Fairbanks from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled, “RII Track-4:NSF: Isolated Amorphous Microgrid Design with Accelerated Power System Analysis and Network Layout (IMPALA).”
  • Fairbanks: $100,000 to the Fairbanks Arts Association to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Fairbanks: $150,000 to the Fairbanks Concert Association to support personnel and facilities expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Homer: $75,000 Value Added Producer Grant to Alaska Beauty Peony Cooperative from the Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development Awards.
  • Juneau: $100,000 to Juneau Jazz & Classics to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Mat-Su Borough: $1.3 million to the Matanuska-Susitna Borough for state management costs as a result of the 2019 earthquake.
  • Napaskiak: $3.3 million from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration for Napaskiak to construct, rehabilitate, modify, or expand a snow removal equipment building.
  • Selawik: $500,000 for the Native Village of Selawik from the Department of Commerce NTIA for broadband use and adoption.
  • Sitka: $4.9 million to the Sitka Sound Science Center from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled, “Focused CoPe: Building Community Sensor Networks for Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Impacts in Southeast Alaska.”
  • Sitka: $150,000 to the Alaska Arts Southeast Sitka Fine Arts Camp to support personnel expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Talkeetna: $50,000 to the Denali Arts Council to support personnel and facilities expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.