INDIRECT GRANT by AUG 27

A national AI institute for Native communities, and the Alaska lane that closed with it

The Administration for Native Americans published its final Fiscal Year 2026 program policies on July 28, 2026, standing up three funding opportunities and leaving out SEDS-AK, the Alaska-specific economic development program that ran alongside SEDS for decades. Two days later it posted the AI3 Action Institute, a single national award of up to $3,500,000 to build an artificial intelligence resource center for Native communities, with Alaska Native villages under ANCSA and nonprofit village consortia named as eligible applicants.

DECIDES · ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, HHS ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

How the public reaches this

Only eligible applicants reach this one, so an Alaskan reaches it through a tribe, an ANCSA village or a Native nonprofit that files by August 27. Applications are evaluated privately and no public comment path remains open.

Timeline

JUL 28Final Fiscal Year 2026 issuance published at 91 FR 47241, standing up EAGLE, the AI3 Action Institute and NCNTTA
JUL 28EAGLE posted, $24,000,000 across about 31 awards, applications due August 27
JUL 30AI3 Action Institute posted, one award, ceiling $3,500,000
AUG 27Applications close on both EAGLE and the AI3 Action Institute

Sources

Every document a fact on this page was checked against.

  1. Federal Register

    2026-07-28

  2. GovInfo

    2026-07-28

  3. Grants.gov, AI3 Action Institute

    2026-07-30

  4. Grants.gov, EAGLE

    2026-07-28

  5. Tribal Business News

    2026-08-04

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  1. 2026-08-05 Tracked. The July 28 issuance records that multiple commenters warned Alaska Tribes could face new barriers once SEDS-AK was folded into a nationwide competition. The agency answered that Alaska Native communities remain eligible across EAGLE project areas, that the IDEAS project area carries forward the spirit of Alaskan self-determination, and that SEDS has evolved rather than ended. Tribal Business News reports no SEDS opportunity has been announced for fiscal 2026.

Articles on this decision

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Both sides are printed on page 47241

AUGUST 5, 2026

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Alaska AI Docket, A national AI institute for Native communities, and the Alaska lane that closed with it. Tracked since August 5, 2026, last verified August 5, 2026. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/ana-ai3-action-institute/ · Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. This decision is also available as structured data in the docket JSON, item id ana-ai3-action-institute.

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