Building Alaska's STEM Capacity

Alaska NSF EPSCoR improves scientific research capacity and broadens participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Alaska by engaging in research projects supported through National Science Foundation and state funds.

 Fire & Ice

Navigating Variability in Boreal Wildfire Regimes and Subarctic Coastal Ecosystems

Alaska EPSCoR's current five-year project, "Fire and Ice," studies climate-driven changes to  wildfire regimes in the Alaska boreal forest and glacial runoff influences on coastal ecosystems in the Gulf of Alaska.

Epscor News
  • Il-Sang Ahn and Getu Hailu each received $300,000 EPSCoR RII Track-4 awards to fund research and development of technologies that would aid in space exploration.

    Univeristy of Alaska engineering researchers receive 2 of 10 Track-4 awards

    October 06, 2023

    Il-Sang Ahn and Getu Hailu each received $300,000 EPSCoR RII Track-4 awards to fund research and development of technologies that would aid in space exploration.

  • As Fire & Ice winds down, many of our researchers are sifting through data and writing up manuscripts.
Here’s what fellow EPSCoR researchers have shared about writing and publishing from their personal experiences, some with many years of experience and some just getting going.

    What is it really like to publish research?

    October 02, 2023

    As Fire & Ice winds down, many of our researchers are sifting through data and writing up manuscripts. Here’s what fellow EPSCoR researchers have shared about writing and publishing from their personal experiences, some with many years of experience and some just getting going.

  • Alaska EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator Courtney Breest joined Alaska Project Learning Tree in Denali National Park for a training for K-12 teachers on incorporating wildfire science into their curriculum.

    Nature of Fire in Alaska Workshop for Teachers

    August 30, 2023

    Alaska EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator Courtney Breest joined Alaska Project Learning Tree in Denali National Park for a training for K-12 teachers on incorporating wildfire science into their curriculum.

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