Alaska EPSCoR News

  • Travel Awards for Summer and Fall 2025 Now Available

    June 25, 2025

    Alaska NSF EPSCoR is awarding up to 10 individual awards of $1,500 each for summer and fall domestic travel for Interface of Change project participants and partners. Applications open now - apply by 5 pm, July 11, 2025!

  • In a Time of Change announces call for artists

    June 11, 2025

    The In a Time of Change program is accepting applications for artist residencies for a new art-science collaboration project inspired by coastal research and lifeways in the Gulf of Alaska region. In "Coastal Transitions," In a Time of Change will collaborate with the Interface of Change project run by the Alaska Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. Interface of Change is a research, education and workforce development project funded by the National Science Foundation. It focuses on the socio-ecological health of coastal communities and key marine harvest species within the Gulf of Alaska's glacially influenced coastal environments.

  • Ten middle school students wearing award medals pose with their two adult team coaches and the UAF Nook mascot outside in bright sun with a clear blue sky on the UAF campus. There is snow on the ground. In the background, there is the UAF Rasmuson library and engineering buildings, and the ice arch.

    North Pole Science Olympiad team competes in national tournament

    May 23, 2025

    The Alaska Science Olympiad 2025 first place-winning middle school team from Discovery Peak Charter School in North Pole will compete in the Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln May 23-24.

  • Meet Pete Warden, Interface of Change Entrepreneur-in-Residence. As the EIR, he joins the Workforce Development arm of the project with the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team. His aim is to encourage researchers to translate their work into marketable products or ideas, and to facilitate connections around the Gulf of Alaska to grow emerging industries.

    Reverse-engineering Startup Culture for Alaskans

    May 09, 2025

    Meet Pete Warden, Interface of Change Entrepreneur-in-Residence. As the EIR, he joins the Workforce Development arm of the project with the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team. His aim is to encourage researchers to translate their work into marketable products or ideas, and to facilitate connections around the Gulf of Alaska to grow emerging industries.

  • Logan Berner on the summit of Thunder Mountain, near Juneau, Alaska. The Mendenhall Glacier lies in the distance.

    Closing the Circle: Logan Berner joins the Interface of Change research team as the new UAS forest ecology faculty hire

    May 09, 2025

    Logan Berner joins the Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change project. As the first of four faculty hires planned under Interface of Change, Berner brings expertise in forest ecology, remote sensing, and spatial analysis to the team.

  • Monica Brandhuber calibrates a mass spectrometer.

    Congratulations to the recipients of the Alaska EPSCoR Professional Development Travel Awards

    April 30, 2025

    Out of the many compelling applications we received for the Alaska EPSCoR professional development travel awards, we awarded travel funding to eight recipients.

  • Town buildings nestled in front of large spruces and a snow-tipped mountain. It is dusk, and the full moon is high in the sky. One large building is most prominent; it has many windows, and the bottom of the building is stone-walled. Mounted upon the stone wall are the words, “Welcome to Cordova” with five large salmon around the words.

    Alaska EPSCoR Professional Development Travel Awards

    April 11, 2025

    The Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change project is accepting applications for travel funding of up to $2,500 for domestic travel to present at a conference or attend a training this spring. Students, staff, or faculty from any Alaska institution of higher education are eligible to apply. Applications are open now - apply by 5 p.m. AKDT, April 18, 2025!

  • Students huddle around a lab bench, examining pieces of PVC pipe coated in kelp spores.

    Interface of Change Year 2 Seed Awards

    April 10, 2025

    Alaska EPSCoR is now accepting applications for Interface of Change seed awards to fund research, student research, education and broadening participation. The deadline to apply for all three seed award solicitations is 5 p.m. AKDT, May 30, 2025. An informational webinar on the application process will take place at 12 p.m. AKDT on April 22, 2025.

  • Middle school students wearing white lab coats and safety goggles puzzle over chemistry equipment and notes in a lab.

    Students test knowledge and skills at Alaska Science Olympiad

    March 21, 2025

    The Alaska Science Olympiad competition for students in grades 6-8 will convene March 28-29 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

  • Interface of Change Annual Community Participation Workshops

    February 04, 2025

    In February and March 2025, Interface of Change researchers are visiting Cordova, Seldovia, Homer, Haines, and Klukwan for Annual Community Participation Workshops.