Alaska EPSCoR News
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Bringing Science Olympiad to Rural Alaska
October 31, 2024
In a state both so large and so small, how can we include Alaskan children in STEM learning opportunities more evenly across the state? This fall, with remaining funding from the NSF EPSCoR Fire & Ice project, we were able to make a special effort to reach rural Alaskan communities that cannot feasibly transport a team of children to Fairbanks to compete in the Alaska Science Olympiad.
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Announcing the 2024 Interface of Change Seed Awardees
October 31, 2024
We are delighted to announce the 2024 Interface of Change seed awardees! We awarded three research seed awards, and one student research seed award.
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Support for Sitka Sound Science Center Participation
September 17, 2024
Alaska EPSCoR is offering support for students, postdocs, and faculty to apply for support to participate in the Sitka Sound Science Center's "Scientist in Residency Fellowship" (SIRF) or "Scientists in the Schools" (SIS) programs in spring 2025. Apply by September 30, 2024.
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2024-2025 Interface of Change Travel Awards
September 16, 2024
Alaska NSF EPSCoR announces the availability of travel funding up to $1,500 for UA affiliates and AK EPSCoR project partners.
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Interface of Change Year 1 Seed Awards
August 15, 2024
Alaska NSF EPSCoR is excited to announce the first round of research seed awards under our project "Interface of Change."
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Fire & algorithm: Predicting fire weather with artificial intelligence
June 12, 2024
Climate change is shifting weather patterns and complicating the Alaskan wildfire season. Artificial intelligence could illuminate our ability to predict each season's unique personality. As we enter the fire season in 2024, we look back on the week of lightning that ignited last year's wildfires and anticipate the development of new prediction and modelling tools.
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Five-year project will study climate effects on Alaska marine species
April 10, 2024
The National Science Foundation has awarded $20 million to the University of Alaska to investigate climate change effects on culturally and commercially important marine species in the Gulf of Alaska. Interface of Change is the sixth five-year, multimillion dollar project directed by the Alaska Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, a statewide program administered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks since 2001 and funded by the NSF.
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Barnette Magnet wins first place in Alaska Science Olympiad
February 28, 2024
The Barnette Blazers of Barnette Magnet School in Fairbanks won first place in the 2024 Alaska Science Olympiad on Saturday, Feb. 24.
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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.
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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.