Alaska EPSCoR News
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Students to Startups expose interns to kelp farming and startup business entrepreneurship
August 29, 2025
UAF fisheries undergraduates got hands-on experience working with Seaquester Farms and Pacific Kelp Co., getting a taste of the growing Alaskan kelp mariculture industry.
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PhD Fellowships for NSF EGRFP Honorable Mention Recipients
August 20, 2025
Applications are now open for PhD student fellowships through the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), funded through the EMERGE Alaska Program. Fellowships provide full financial support for 3 years, starting 2026.
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In a Time of Change announces call for artists
June 11, 2025
The In a Time of Change program is accepting applications for artist residencies for a new art-science collaboration project inspired by coastal research and lifeways in the Gulf of Alaska region. In "Coastal Transitions," In a Time of Change will collaborate with the Interface of Change project run by the Alaska Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. Interface of Change is a research, education and workforce development project funded by the National Science Foundation. It focuses on the socio-ecological health of coastal communities and key marine harvest species within the Gulf of Alaska's glacially influenced coastal environments.
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North Pole Science Olympiad team competes in national tournament
May 23, 2025
The Alaska Science Olympiad 2025 first place-winning middle school team from Discovery Peak Charter School in North Pole will compete in the Science Olympiad National Tournament at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln May 23-24.
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Reverse-engineering Startup Culture for Alaskans
May 09, 2025
Meet Pete Warden, Interface of Change Entrepreneur-in-Residence. As the EIR, he joins the Workforce Development arm of the project with the Innovation & Entrepreneurship team. His aim is to encourage researchers to translate their work into marketable products or ideas, and to facilitate connections around the Gulf of Alaska to grow emerging industries.
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May 09, 2025
Logan Berner joins the Alaska EPSCoR Interface of Change project. As the first of four faculty hires planned under Interface of Change, Berner brings expertise in forest ecology, remote sensing, and spatial analysis to the team.
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Congratulations to the recipients of the Alaska EPSCoR Professional Development Travel Awards
April 30, 2025
Out of the many compelling applications we received for the Alaska EPSCoR professional development travel awards, we awarded travel funding to eight recipients.
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Students test knowledge and skills at Alaska Science Olympiad
March 21, 2025
The Alaska Science Olympiad competition for students in grades 6-8 will convene March 28-29 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Interface of Change Annual Community Participation Workshops
February 04, 2025
In February and March 2025, Interface of Change researchers are visiting Cordova, Seldovia, 91麻豆天美r, Haines, and Klukwan for Annual Community Participation Workshops.
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Meet Frank Witmer, New UAA Co-PI for Interface of Change
November 26, 2024
Meet Frank Witmer, UAA co-PI for the Interface of Change project, faculty member and computational geography of the UAA Computer Science & Engineering department.