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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."

  • 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.

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

    Nature of Fire in Alaska Workshop for Teachers

    August 30, 2023

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

  • Alaska 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 Alaska competed in 16 events, ranging from written subject tests to construction of bridges, planes and trebuchets.

    Science Olympiad

    March 07, 2023

    Alaska 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 Alaska competed in 16 events, ranging from written subject tests to construction of bridges, planes and trebuchets.