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Bethel Assistance Hub Opens Dec. 11 to Support Alaskans

Published: 10 December 2025
Categories: FEMA News

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Bethel Assistance Hub will be open weekdays Dec. 11-19 to assist Alaskans who suffered losses in areas affected by the severe storms, flooding and remnants of Typhoon Halong Oct. 8-13, 2025. The deadline to apply for help from FEMA is Dec. 22.

FEMA staff there will help survivors apply for disaster assistance, answer questions and upload needed documents. The center is open 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Location
AVCP Tugkar Building
570 3rd Ave., Bethel, AK 99559

Other ways to apply: 

Call the Alaska Call Center at 1-866-342-1699 from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Yup’ik interpreters are available 1-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.Register on DisasterAssistance.gov.Get the FEMA App and submit your application directly through the app.

Survivors are encouraged to register for both state and FEMA Individual Assistance programs to maximize their recovery benefits. To apply for state Individual Assistance, visit www.ready.alaska.gov/ia or call 
1-844-445-7131. The deadline for that program is Jan. 8. 

The U.S. Small Business Administration offers low interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofits. SBA representatives are on hand 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center at Bethel City Hall, 300 Chief Eddie Hoffman Hwy. For more information, apply online at sba.gov/disaster or call 1-800-659-2955. The deadline to apply for physical damage is Dec. 22.

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Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning for K-12

Published: 10 December 2025
Categories: NSF Due Dates

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On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency’s research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

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Energy Minerals Observatory: The data deficits in critical supply chains

Published: 10 December 2025
Categories: US Energy Information Administration

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In-brief analysis

December 10, 2025

Data source: U.S. Department of the Interior’s 2025 list of critical minerals; U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 list of critical materials and a recently proposed addition
Note: This Today in Energy article launches the Energy Minerals Observatory, a new project of the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In 2026, as part of the Observatory and the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS), EIA plans to conduct field studies of three minerals: graphite, vanadium, and zirconium.

Critical minerals, such as copper, cobalt, and silicon, are vital for energy technologies, but most critical minerals markets are less transparent than mature energy markets, such as crude oil or coal. Like other energy markets, many supply-side and demand-side factors influence pricing for these energy-relevant critical minerals, but critical minerals supply chains contain numerous data gaps.

The lack

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