04.29.22

Grant Roundup: Senator Murkowski Announces Federal Grants to Alaska

Over $267 million in federal funds to benefit and strengthen Alaskan communities and economy

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

 

  • Alaska—Statewide: $57.1 million from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for key drinking water projects in Alaska. Some of the projects include:
    • Homer: $509,167 to the city of Homer to extend the water distribution system to provide piped public water to 27 central business district zoned properties, all of which currently are served by hauled water from city watering points.
    • Ketchikan: $1.6 million to the Ketchikan Gateway Borough to design and construct a 100,000-gallon storage tank and booster pump station.
    • Nome: $5 million to the city of Nome to construct a building to support both the drinking water and sewer utilities. 
  • Alaska—Statewide: $93.7 million from the EPA’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which includes a $9.5 million grant from EPA, $1.9 million in state matching funds, along with $114.6 million in interest earnings and repayments from previous Clean Water State Revolving Fund loans, to improve Alaska’s wastewater infrastructure. Some of the projects include:
    • Cordova: $2.0 million to the city of Cordova to remove 135 creosote pilings in the South Harbor and install a marine sewage pump station.
    • Dillingham: $44,125 to the city of Dillingham to design utility upgrades to the waterfront area. 
    • Homer: $5.6 million to the city of Homer to extend piped wastewater service to unserved properties in five separate project areas. 
    • Fairbanks: $1.45 million to the city of Fairbanks to construct a new 10-inch water main to the Wastewater Treatment Facility and replace the failing process water system within the facility. 
    • Skagway: $3.9 million to the Skagway Borough to extend sanitary sewer to an unserved area.
  • Alaska—Statewide: $540,660 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Family Planning Services Program.
  • Alaska—Statewide: $4.5 million from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys to co-operate the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
  • Alaska—Statewide: $572,359 from the U.S. Department of Labor the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessments Program for the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce to provide individualized, in-person support for individuals who are unemployed through appropriately trained American Job Center staff.
  • Alaska—Southeast Region: $7.27 million from the HHS to the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Alaska Department of Fish & Game: $357,959 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a project on emerging threats to the recovery of the Western Distinct Population Segment of Steller sea lions.
  • Alaska Department of Fish & Game: $82,383 from NOAA for a project on surveying the subsistence harvest of Ringed, Bearded, Spotted and Ribbon Seals at the highest priority communities in Alaska.
  • Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: $398,912 from HHS for the Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention (SPIP) Program.
  • Aleutian Pribilof Islands: $1.35 million from the HHS to the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Anchorage: $16.51 million from the Department of Transportation for the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to reconstruct a taxilane.
  • Anchorage: $93,175 from the HHS for the Southcentral Foundation Family Professional Partnership Program.
  • Anchorage: $79,978 from the HHS to the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center Ryan White Title III Outpatient EIS Program.
  • Bethel: $350,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities for KYUK - Bethel Broadcasting to reformat and catalog an estimated 1,000 to 1,200 hours of video and audio recordings documenting the traditional language, lifestyle, and culture of Yup’ik and Cup’ik Alaska Native people, which would be discoverable through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website.
  • Cook Inlet Tribal Council: $400,000 from the HHS for the Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Aftercare (SAPTA) Program.
  • Dena' Nena' Henash: $2.50 million from the HHS to the Dena' Nena' Henash Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Dena' Nena' Henash: $400,000 from the HHS for the SAPTA Program.
  • Denali Commission: $1.13 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Denali Commission High Energy Cost Grants Program.
  • Fairbanks: $2.01 million from the HHS to the Interior Community Health Center Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Fairbanks: $188,143 from the HHS to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry Research.
  • Fairbanks: $630,444 from the Federal Communications Commission to the Yukon-Koyukuk School District through the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support schools and libraries in the upcoming school year to close the homework gap.
  • Fairbanks: $375,448 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks project entitled “Collaborative Research: The 2020-2021 Alaska-Aleutian Earthquake Sequence: Cascading Events & Stress Loading of the Shallow Megathrust.”
  • Fairbanks: $199,046 from the NSF to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for a project entitled, “RAPID: Retrieving the Late Pleistocene/Holocene Archaeology Record at the Carpenter Mining Quarry, Interior Alaska.”
  • Fairbanks: $25,000 from the NSF to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for a project entitled, “Workshop on Symmetries in Graphs, Maps, and Polytopes 2022.”
  • Fairbanks: $397,967 from HHS for the Fairbanks Native Association SPIP Program.
  • Hydaburg: $792,000 from the USDA for the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants Program.
  • Juneau: $740,000 from the USDA Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program for Spruce Root, to identify and create jobs, then train Alaskans to fill those jobs by making connections between tribal villages and the industry clusters that show potential for growth in Southeast Alaska.
  • Kenaitze Indian Tribe: $400,000 from HHS for the SAPTA Program.
  • Kodiak: $400,000 from HHS for the Kodiak Area Native Association SAPTA Program.
  • Kodiak: $400,000 from HHS for the Kodiak Area Native Association SPIP Program.
  • Kotzebue: $25 million loan from the USDA Rural Development for the OTZ Telephone Cooperative to establish 28 new microwave sites to connect 12 remote Alaskan villages and to connect to the fiber route on the Dalton Highway.
  • Kotzebue: $5 million loan guarantee from the USDA Rural Development for the OTZ Telephone Cooperative to establish 28 new microwave sites to connect 12 remote Alaskan villages and to connect to the fiber route on the Dalton Highway.
  • Kotzebue: $2.2 million from the HHS to the Maniilaq Association Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Kotzebue: $14.37 million from the Federal Communications Commission to the Northwest Arctic Borough School District through the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support schools and libraries in the upcoming school year to close the homework gap.
  • McGrath: $508,166 from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the Iditarod Area School District through the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support schools and libraries in the upcoming school year to close the homework gap.
  • McGrath: $1.5 million from the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the McGrath Airport. 
  • Mountain Village: $14.9 million from the FCC to the Lower Yukon School District through the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support schools in the upcoming school year to close the homework gap.
  • North Slope Borough: $7.31 million from the Economic Development Administration for the construction of roadway in the North Slope Borough to provide an alternative access road to the Barrow Arctic Research Center, Community College, and a freight corridor, along the Arctic Ocean. 
  • Norton Sound Health Corporation: $372,664 from HHS for the SAPTA Program.
  • Petersburg: $250,000 from the USDA Value Added Producer Grant Program for the Sea to Shore Seafood fishing operation to process salmon and distribute products into new markets.
  • Saint Paul: $398,454 from HHS for the Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island for the SPIP Program.
  • Skagway: $1.0 million from the HHS to the Municipality of Skagway Health Center Cluster Program.
  • Southcentral Foundation: $400,000 from the HHS for the SAPTA Program.
  • SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium: $400,000 from HHS for the SPIP Program.
  • Tok: $134,033 from the FCC to the Alaska Gateway School District through the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support schools and libraries in the upcoming school year to close the homework gap.