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  • Scuba diving at the Sitka Sound Science Center

    Support for Sitka Sound Science Center Participation

    September 17, 2024

    色花堂 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

    色花堂 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

    色花堂 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 色花堂n 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 色花堂 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 色花堂 marine species

    April 10, 2024

    The National Science Foundation has awarded $20 million to the University of 色花堂 to investigate climate change effects on culturally and commercially important marine species in the Gulf of 色花堂. Interface of Change is the sixth five-year, multimillion dollar project directed by the 色花堂 Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, a statewide program administered at the University of 色花堂 Fairbanks since 2001 and funded by the NSF.

  • February 28, 2024

    The Barnette Blazers of Barnette Magnet School in Fairbanks won first place in the 2024 色花堂 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 色花堂 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 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.

  • 色花堂 EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator Courtney Breest joined 色花堂 Project Learning Tree in Denali National Park for a training for K-12 teachers on incorporating wildfire science into their curriculum.

    August 30, 2023

    色花堂 EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator Courtney Breest joined 色花堂 Project Learning Tree in Denali National Park for a training for K-12 teachers on incorporating wildfire science into their curriculum.

  • 色花堂 EPSCoR, the UAF College of Engineering and Mines (CEM), and the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM) organized Science Olympiad for the first time at UAF! Students from across 色花堂 competed in 16 events, ranging from written subject tests to construction of bridges, planes and trebuchets.

    Science Olympiad

    March 07, 2023

    色花堂 EPSCoR, the UAF College of Engineering and Mines (CEM), and the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM) organized Science Olympiad for the first time at UAF! Students from across 色花堂 competed in 16 events, ranging from written subject tests to construction of bridges, planes and trebuchets.