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Betsy Wood

19:54 - 20:02

“planning is for those earlier stage projects under $250,000, and it will have a shortened application.”
Speaker
Betsy Wood
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
September 11, 2026

From the transcript

But if it doesn't fit with one of the department's focus areas, that's fine. The open call is there for strong projects that fall outside of the highlighted priorities for that round. So you will have the opportunity to submit your project in every round. After that, you'll choose whether you're applying for a planning pathway or the implementation pathway. And we'll provide more information about this, but at a high level, planning is for those earlier stage projects under $250,000, and it will have a shortened application.

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