Alaska

Marine Mammal Commission Grants - FY 2026 is a grant from the Marine Mammal Commission (MMC), an independent U.S. government agency, that funds research and conservation projects aimed at protecting marine mammals under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Eligible activities include basic and applied research, workshops, literature reviews, expert opinion compilations, and manuscript preparation addressing marine mammal conservation or their dependent ecosystems. Awards of up to $75,000 per project are available to U.S.-based organizations — including nonprofits, academic institutions, for-profit entities, tribal organizations, and Alaska Native organizations — as well as some non-U.S. entities. The program issues an annual call for proposals, with a FY 2026 deadline of April 3, 2026. The Commission has supported more than 1,000 projects since 1972.

The FAIROS Program seeks to support a broad range of transformative open science activities including but not limited to i.) Research, education, and socio-technical cyberinfrastructure development capacities that advance sustainable multi-disciplinary findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR) research data management (RDM) and open science capabilities, ii.) Piloting new models of scientific communication and publication that improve efficiency and accessibility, iii.) Developing FAIROS data portals, research data commons, RDM as a national service, and iv.) Lowering barriers to accessing, curating, integrating, linking, managing, sharing, and storing data across many disciplinary domains, irrespective of data size. The program supports innovation across the cyberinfrastructure (CI) ecosystem to address accessibility, data curation, research data management, discoverability, reliability, reproducibility, preservation, sustainability, and utility of research products, including data software, and code, developed as part of funded projects. FAIROS proposals must select one of two tracks to focus on, either: 1) Disciplinary Improvements to targeted scientific communities, or 2) Cross-Cutting Improvements that apply to many or most scientific disciplines. In the case of proposals focused on Disciplinary Improvements, it is strongly recommended that prospective PIs contact a program officer from the list of Cognizant Program Officers in the directorate closest to the major disciplinary impact of the proposed work to ascertain that the scientific focus and budget of the proposed work are appropriate for this solicitation. In the case of proposals focused on Cross-Cutting Improvements, it is strongly recommended that prospective PIs contact the cognizant program officer from the Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC). After selecting either Disciplinary Improvements or Cross-Cutting Improvements in which to focus research, the proposal must include the kinds of activities relevant to the selected track. Standard research proposals are the only type of proposal accepted in response to this solicitation. The FAIROS Program is undertaken in support of the US NSF Public Access Initiative. For more information on the US NSF Public Access Initiative please visit https://new.nsf.gov/public-access. Funding Opportunity Number: 25-533. Assistance Listing: 47.041,47.049,47.050,47.070,47.074,47.075,47.076,47.079,47.083,47.084. Funding Instrument: G. Category: ST. Award Amount: $6M total program funding.

2026 Community Challenge Grant Program is a grant from the Anchorage Park Foundation (with funding from Rasmuson Foundation) that funds community-led projects to improve Anchorage's parks, trails, greenspaces, and recreation facilities. Since 2006, the program has invested $2.4 million in seed funding, leveraging more than $8.4 million in total community impact. Total funding available for 2026 is $300,000, with individual awards ranging from $5,000 to $50,000. A 1:1 community match is required from every applicant. Eligible projects must be on or directly benefit public land within the Municipality of Anchorage. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, community councils, tribal entities, schools, PTAs, recreation groups, community-focused businesses, and informal neighborhood groups of at least two individuals. The application deadline is April 10, 2026.