Rural Alaska healthcare

Announcement May 12, 2020

New grant awards include COVID-19 response projects

New health care grants provide help from Utqiaġvik to Juneau. Funding comes from the Premera Rural Health Care Fund, which is being administered by Rasmuson Foundation and The Alaska Community Foundation.

Announcement April 9, 2020

Application period open for rural Alaska healthcare grants

Grant applications are being accepted for projects designed to improve rural Alaska health care systems, including emergency preparedness and pandemic response. The application period will close April 24. Awards will be announced in early May.

Announcement March 11, 2020

Grants for rural Alaska healthcare projects

An Alaska healthcare partnership has awarded the first grants from a new fund that aims to fill gaps in rural Alaska health care.

Announcement December 5, 2019

New opportunity: Grants for rural health care in Alaska

This new rural Alaska health fund aims to address access and other disparities. Researchers have found that people in rural areas are more likely to experience higher rates of premature death, disability and chronic disease.