State Committee for Research

SCoR Bylaws

Revised February 21, 2019

The Alaska State Committee for Research (hereafter referred to as SCoR) is an advisory body created to function as the State Committee for Alaska EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) and EPSCoR-like programs. This responsibility includes;

• Oversight and guidance for the EPSCoR and EPSCoR-like programs in Alaska as competitively funded by the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies;
• Promoting research and development as an enterprise and as an engine for economic development in Alaska.

Committee offices will be located at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks under the office of the University of Alaska (UA) Vice President for Academics, Students & Research.  FULL BYLAWS

State Plan for Research

Alaska Science & Technology Plan - To Build a Fire 2022

Committee Members

 

Co-Chairs

Brian Smentkowski Vice President, Academics, Students & Research University of Alaska 907.450.8019

Nancy Dahlstrom Lt. Governor, State of Alaska 907.465.3520 lt.governor@alaska.gov

Members

Jon Bittner Director, Alaska Small Business Development Center 907.786.7201 jbittne4@alaska.edu  Aaron Dotson Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Alaska Anchorage 907.786.6041 addotson@alaska.edu Stephen Gray Director, USGS Alaska Climate Science Center 907.301.7830 sgray@usgs.gov Alex Hills Distinguished Service Professor, Carnegie Mellon University ahills@cmu.edu Laura Conner Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks ldconner@alaska.edu  907-474-6950                              Charlene Stern Provost , University of Alaska Fairbanks 907.474.6634 uaf-provost@alaska.edu  or cbstern@alaska.edu Scott Billingsley Provost, University of Alaska Southeast 907.796.6256 sbillingsley2@alaska.edu Craig Fleener Chief of Staff, Alaska North American Aerospace Defense Command chizhur@gmail.com Vacant USARC Chair, US Arctic Research Commission info@arctic.gov

Aimee Devaris Regional Director, U.S. Geological Survey 907.786.7091 adevaris@usgs.gov James Hemsath Managing Dir/Sr Consultant IntegrityOne, LLC  - and - Adj Prof, College of Business & Public Policy 907.771.3040 jhemsath@aidea.org Brian Holst Executive Director, Juneau Economic Development Council 907.523.2333 bholst@jedc.org  Mark Myers Geologist, Retired Denise Runge Provost, University of Alaska Anchorage 907.786.1050 drunge@alaska.edu  Mead Treadwell Former Lt. Governor, State of Alaska  mead@treadwellalaska.com Dani Evenson Extended Jurisdiction Program Manager, Alaska Department of Fish & Game 907.465.8294 dani.evenson@alaska.gov Tim Thomas ANTHC Research Director, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium 907.729.3095 tkthomas@anthc.org

Ex Officio Members

Jason Burkhead Director, INBRE University of Alaska 907.786.4765 jlburkhead@alaska.edu Denise Thorsen Director, NASA EPSCoR University of Alaska 907.474.7052 dlthorsen@alaska.edu

Brenda Konar Principal Investigator, Alaska EPSCoR bhkonar@alaska.edu Mariko Shirazi Principal Investigator, DOE EPSCoR, UAF shirazi@alaska.edu

 

Meeting Summaries