Federal Relations

Appropriations Priorities

The University of Alaska (UA) system is committed to excellence in education, research, and public service. In delivering on that three-part mission, the Board of Regents is focused on increasing educational attainment, advancing economic development, providing a highly skilled workforce, growing our world-class research, and doing all of it in a more cost-effective manner. 

The UA system submits appropriations requests (a.k.a. earmarks, plus ups and programmatic requests) to Alaska's Members of Congress in an effort to secure federal funds to support our three-part mission. On this page, you will find information on how the UA system is currently managing appropriations requests and links to prior years' appropriations requests made to Alaska's Members of Congress. 

FY26 Appropriations Requests

The UA system has submitted all of its requests for the FY 26 appropriations cycle. Below is an estimated timeline for those requests as they are considered by congress:

  • Summer 2025: House and Senate Appropriations Committees review proposals and decide which will receive some or all of the requested funding; proposers will be notified about the status of their respective proposal(s)
  • Fourth Quarter 2025: Congress passes (ideally) the appropriations bills that include requests; proposers will be notified about the status of their respective request(s)
  • First Quarter of 2026: Federal agencies provide instructions on how to access funding for requests; the Office of Government Relations will share instructions with proposers

More information, including guidance documents about the FY 26 appropriations request process, can be found on the Federal Relations Shared Drive in the UA Federal Appropriations Request folder, specifically the UA FY 26 Appropriations Request Folder.

UA System Appropriations Request Submissions

The submission window for FY 26 appropriations requests is now closed. The UA System will begin its FY 27 appropriations submission process in the fall of 2026. More information will be available closer to the submission window.  

You can access reference information from FY 26 in the  UA FY 26 Appropriations Request Folder, including UA FY 26 Appropriations Guidelines and State Budget vs. Federal Appropriations Process.

Direct any questions regarding UA’s appropriations process to John Latini (jalatini@alaska.edu) and Denae Benson (dabenson@alaska.edu). 

 

FY25 Appropriations

You can view which FY 25 appropriations requests were submitted and the status of the request on the Federal Relations Shared Drive in the UA Federal Appropriations Requests - UA FY 25 Appropriations Requests folder. We will update the status spreadsheet as Congress works through the FY 25 appropriations process. 
 
Going forward, we estimate the following timeline for consideration of the UA system's FY 25 appropriations requests:
  • Summer 2024 (Estimated): House and Senate Appropriations Committees review requests and decide which will receive some or all of the requested funding in the relevant Appropriations bill; proposers will be notified about the status of their respective request(s)
  • Fourth Quarter 2024: Congress passes (ideally) the appropriations bills that include requests; proposers will be notified about the status of their respective request(s)
  • First Quarter of 2025: Federal agencies provide instructions on how to access funding for requests; the Office of Government Relations will share instructions with proposer
 

Previous Years' Information