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  • 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.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Scuba diving at the Sitka Sound Science Center

    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.

  • Drone photo of Kachemak Bay by Aeon Russo

    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.

  • 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."

  • The 2023 Delta Fire burns in the Donnelly Training Area, west of the Delta Creek.

    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.

  • Photo by Sydney Wilkinson.
Interface of Change project director Brenda Konar, left, and University of Alaska Fairbanks postdoctoral researcher Brian Ulaski, right, prepare to survey an oyster mariculture farm in Simpson Bay near Cordova.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.