ANA continues a variety of requirements directed towards enforcing its policy that an eligible grant recipient may only have one active ANA grant awarded from a competitive area at any time.

Therefore, while eligible applicants may compete for a grant in each of the four competitive areas (Social and Economic Development Strategies, Environmental Regulatory Enhancement, Native American Language Preservation, and Native Healthy Marriage Initiative), an applicant may only submit one application per competitive area and no applicant may receive more than one grant in each competitive area, including any existing ANA grants.

Also, an Alaska Native entity may not submit an application under both Competitive Area 1 (Social and Economic Development Strategies) and Area 2 (Alaska Specific Social and Economic Development Strategies) for the same closing. Alaska Native entities may receive a grant under either competitive area 1 or 2, but not under both.  Also Native Healthy Marriage Initiative falls under the SEDS competitive area so an applicant can apply either SEDS (including SEDS-Alaska) or Native Healthy Marriage Initiative.