Alaska EPSCoR

Wednesday, December 4 is the last day to register for IGNITE, Individual Growth & New Ideas Through EPSCoR/INBRE! #professionaldevelopment   Science and environmental communication expert Kristin Timm will give a keynote lunch for IGNITE on developing a framework for crafting intentional communication with our research and why that matters. In today's evolving communication and political landscape, science communication that delivers a clear message while also fostering trust in science is more important than ever.   IGNITE takes place January 8, 2025 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center Ballroom. Seats for this event are still available, but limited, so register now! https://lnkd.in/gSn2GK56   📸Kristin Timm (left) and fellow UAF professor Katie Spellman (right) at the Honors College Graduation Ceremony in the Margaret Murie Auditorium on May 2, 2024. Photo by Marina Santos.

Join us November 18 at noon for, "The Land Loves Us: Relationship to the land from an Alaska Native perspective," a virtual presentation on the relationship that Alaska Native people have to plants. Presented by Tia Tidwell and hosted by Debbie Mekiana of the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Indigenous Studies, Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development Nov. 18, 2024 12-1 pm Register for the webinar at https://buff.ly/3ArRWn7 Tia Tidwell is an Assistant Professor with the UAF College of Indigenous Studies Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development. She belongs to the Nunamiut people of Anaktuvuk Pass and currently resides in Fairbanks. Her research focuses on the intersection of settler colonial studies, Arctic literature, and Indigenous counter-narratives. Tia is especially interested in adapting settler colonial theoretical frameworks borrowed from New Zealand, Australia, and the continental United States to account for alternative land claim resolutions and creative resurgent responses from Indigenous communities of Alaska and Northern Canada.

The Alaska NSF EPSCoR Fire & Ice project is excited to announce that we are accepting applications for rolling travel awards. These awards are for domestic travel, now through December 15th. Application deadline: Rolling, open while funds are available. More info and application at https://buff.ly/3Bw2fGS

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. Both programs offer an excellent experience that grounds researchers in the community of Sitka, Alaska. You can read about the experiences of previous Scientists in Residency here, such as Alaska EPSCoR researchers Brian Ulaski and Julie Schram. You can see examples of past SIS units here.   For more information and to apply, email taborland@alaska.edu regarding your interest by September 30, 2024.   You can find information on current Alaska NSF EPSCoR funding opportunities like this one on our awards page.

Alaska NSF EPSCoR is offering travel funding up to $1,500 for University of Alaska affiliates and our Interface of Change project partners to attend conferences, workshops, training or other academic activities taking place between November 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. Apply by Oct. 18, 2024. More info at https://lnkd.in/gTtXyw3K

📣 Award announcement: Interface of Change Year 1 Seed Awards Alaska NSF EPSCoR is excited to announce the first round of research seed awards under our project "Interface of Change." The goal of Interface of Change is to bring together researchers, Gulf of Alaska community members, Tribes, educators, and entrepreneurs to investigate climate change impacts on harvested and farmed marine species, and on the lives of Alaskans who rely on them. We are soliciting proposals for seed grants from University of Alaska researchers and students, as well as non-UA affiliated research collaborators and adjacent organizations to carry out new and innovative research projects that support Interface of Change goals. Seed award projects should address themes relevant to the EPSCoR Interface of Change project. The maximum amount for research seed awards is up to $20,000 per award. For student research seed awards, the maximum amount is up to $4,000 per award. Deadline to apply: September 30, 2024 Awards will be announced: October 23, 2024 Award Period: November 1, 2024- June 30, 2025 See our awards page for more information on eligibility and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/gJ-kPXDE 📸 Photo courtesy by Schery Umanzor, who leads Interface of Change research on how climate-driven environmental changes impact red seaweed growth.

Up to or over $2 million over 3 years is available to startups and small businesses that make use of NSF-funded research outcomes with the new NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Fast-Track Pilot Programs. This month, NSF will offer two "office hours" sessions for more information about this solicitation: July 9 and 24.

Today is the official start of our new NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 project "Interface of Change." Interface of Change expands upon the coastal research from Fire & Ice, digging into how the effects of glacial melt affects marine species of concern to Gulf of Alaska communities. Researchers and community partners will co-develop research and adaptive community solutions to sustainably harvest and farm marine species in a changing climate. 📸 Interface of Change team members gather at Davin Holen's house post-strategic planning meeting.

Alaska EPSCoR invites students, post-docs and faculty for a 2-day workshop on NSF early-career researcher opportunities, the GRFP, PRF and CAREER grants, Apr. 8-9, with special guest Kelvin Chu of The Implementation Group. Apr. 8: Overview presentation Apr. 9: 25-minute one-on-one sessions, on a limited basis More info at: buff.ly/4c3uTgh