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  • Two small Cessna airplanes are parked beside a rural Alaska airstrip with spruce trees and mountains in the background. Light snow covers the ground, trees, and mountains. The mountains are backlit by a twilight winter sun.

    Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change 2025-2026 Travel Awards

    October 06, 2025

    Alaska EPSCoR is awarding 3 or more individual awards of $1,500 each for travel within the U.S. (no international travel) taking place between Dec 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 for activities that support the goals of the Interface of Change project.

  • From EPSCoR PhD to Co-PI, Jordan Jenckes embraces team science & accessible data

    September 26, 2025

    The fall semester is underway, and Jordan Jenckes is busy on campus teaching Intro to Computer Science at UAA as a new faculty member in the UAA computer science and engineering department. Meanwhile, he takes on the role of co-principal investigator (co-PI) on the Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change project.

  • Students to Startups expose interns to kelp farming and startup business entrepreneurship

    August 29, 2025

    UAF fisheries undergraduates got hands-on experience working with Seaquester Farms and Pacific Kelp Co., getting a taste of the growing Alaskan kelp mariculture industry.

  • PhD Fellowships for NSF EGRFP Honorable Mention Recipients

    August 20, 2025

    Applications are now open for PhD student fellowships through the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), funded through the EMERGE Alaska Program. Fellowships provide full financial support for 3 years, starting 2026.

  • 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.

  • 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.