Arctic Leadership Initiative
The Arctic Leadership Initiative (ALI) brings students and faculty from UAA, UAF, and UAS together to work on questions Alaska communities are already facing.
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What can I apply for?
Student Cohort: a year on a Challenge Project team, two retreats with travel covered, a course scholarship, and a $1,000 stipend.
About the Student CohortEarly Career Faculty Fellowship: $80,000 a year for up to two years, hosted by a UA department or institute, with a faculty mentor.
Fellowship detailsAmbassador Travel + Residency Awards (Nov 30 and Mar 15) and Arctic Engagement Awards of up to $20,000 (Mar 15).
About the awardsAll opportunities and deadlines Questions: ua-ali-info@alaska.edu
How ALI works
President's Arctic Professors
One senior scholar from each university, appointed for two years, who mentors the Fellows and advises a Challenge Project team.
Meet the ProfessorsEarly Career Faculty Fellows
Seven Fellows at UAA, UAF, and UAS who co-lead the Challenge Project teams and mentor cohort students.
Meet the FellowsStudent Cohort
Twenty-four undergraduate and graduate students in 2026-27, working in three Challenge Project teams.
See this year's projectsFollow ALI on LinkedIn for deadlines, lectures, and news from the cohort and Fellows.
Follow on LinkedInALI is a priority of the University of Alaska President and Board of Regents under the strategy Building Arctic Leaders, and is supported by a $5 million gift from Rasmuson Foundation through June 2029.