Federal grants to North Slope Borough
North Slope Borough in Barrow, Alaska received $56.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 40 awards. Its largest program was Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs, with $23.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $17.0 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$56.5 million
- Awards40
- Awarded in FY 2025$17.0 million
- Largest award$23.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 12 | $24.3 million |
| FY 2022 | 13 | $7.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 10 | $8.4 million |
| FY 2024 | 6 | -$260,540 |
| FY 2025 | 8 | $17.0 million |
Programs that fund North Slope Borough
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | 15 | $23.6 million |
| Defense Community Infrastructure Program | 1 | $14.0 million |
| Economic Adjustment Assistance | 1 | $7.3 million |
| Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects | 2 | $4.2 million |
| Recreation and Visitor Services | 1 | $2.5 million |
| Marine Mammal Data Program | 7 | $1.8 million |
| Denali Commission Program | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Endangered Species Recovery Implementation | 1 | $761,560 |
| Aquatics Resources Management | 1 | $300,000 |
| Wildlife Resource Management | 1 | $99,091 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | 16 | $23.6 million |
| Department of Defense | 1 | $14.0 million |
| Department of Commerce | 10 | $13.4 million |
| Department of the Interior | 8 | $3.7 million |
| Denali Commission | 1 | $1.8 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purpose: reconstruct runway lighting; reconstruct taxiway lighting; install apron edge lights and/or flood lighting; rehabilitate apron; rehabilitate taxiway; install perimeter fencing not required by 49 CFR 1542; rehabilitate runway; install miscellaneous navaids; reconstruct or replace airport lig | Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | September 22, 2021 | $23.8 million |
| North slope borough telecommunications infrastructure project for pacific air forces regional support center 99723-0001 | Defense Community Infrastructure Program | September 23, 2025 | $14.0 million |
| This eda investment supports 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. Due to flooding in the north slope borough, which washed stevenson road a | Economic Adjustment Assistance | April 12, 2022 | $7.3 million |
| The north slope borough department of wildlife management has a accrued a significant body of knowledge and expertise from arctic research, and regularly shares this information with land and natural resource managers, agency partners, and academic collaborators. This information not only benefits w | Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects | September 1, 2023 | $2.7 million |
| The purpose of this agreement is to construct, maintain, and caravanning of the northern route connecting the villages of pt. Lay, wainwright, utqiagvik, atqasuk, nuiqsut and prudhoe bay. These objectives are expected to achieve the same positive impacts seen in previous years conducting the cwat pr | Recreation and Visitor Services | May 12, 2023 | $2.5 million |
| Road network for utqiagvik wainwright and atqasuk | Denali Commission Program | April 25, 2023 | $1.8 million |
| The north slope borough's community funded project supports the sustainable management of the bering-chukchi-beaufort stock of bowhead whales. The purpose of this project is to conduct surveys that provide estimations on the abundance of the bering-chukchi-beaufort population of bowhead whales (bala | Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects | January 2, 2025 | $1.5 million |
| Purpose: conduct state/regional system study. Activities to be performed/expected outcomes: this project conducts a new region airport economic impact study. Intended beneficiary: this grant will provide federal funding for airports associated with atqasuk, Alaska. | Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs | September 19, 2025 | $905,000 |
| The Alaska beluga whale committee is the co-management partner with the national marine fisheries service for four officially recognized stocks of beluga whales (bristol bay, eastern bering sea, eastern chukchi sea, beaufort sea) and one that has not yet been officially designated a stock (kotzebue | Marine Mammal Data Program | July 26, 2022 | $809,689 |
| The purpose of this project is to improve public safety by reducing human-polar bear interactions that could potentially result in injury or death to humans and polar bears in Alaska. This work will help conserve polar bears by reducing conflicts between polar bears and humans through implementation | Endangered Species Recovery Implementation | July 7, 2023 | $761,560 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does North Slope Borough get?
$56.5 million in 40 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives North Slope Borough the most?
The Department of Transportation, with $23.6 million in 16 awards. The Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce follow.
What is North Slope Borough's largest federal grant?
$23.8 million under Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs, with its first action in the period on September 22, 2021. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund North Slope Borough?
Its largest are Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and COVID-19 Airports Programs, Defense Community Infrastructure Program and Economic Adjustment Assistance.
Other grant recipients in Barrow
- Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope
- Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority
- Ilisagvik College
- North Slope Borough School District
- Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
- Arctic Slope Native Association, LTD.
- Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
- Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation
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