226 Alaskan students awarded and supported between 2015 - 2021

$1,726,157 in direct student support awarded between 2015-2021

62 Interns placed with NASA centers and Alaska Industry partners between 2015-2021

92% of graduates from 2015-2021 now employed in STEM fields or pursuing advanced STEM degrees

Funding Opportunities

What Our Students Say

Bolstered resume and subsequently offered additional professional opportunities

This grant laid the foundation for my PhD project and provided preliminary results that lead to another NASA grant with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory Science Team. I have now passed my defense and successfully published one paper related to this work with a second paper in review.

Impact

Science

Experiments and PIC Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Corona Discharge

The purpose of this Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship proposal is to continue studying the steady state (DC) corona discharge to generate reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). By studying the steady state corona discharge, we will examine how to effectively generate RONS for…

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Katherine Sakeagak
Science

Sea ice influence on benthic community variability in the Alaskan Arctic shelves

Despite being a point of interest and study for decades, the Arctic continues to hold a treasure-trove of mysteries and research opportunities. As climate change intensifies, more and more data is needed to understand an ecosystem in flux. 

Alexandra Ravelo, a marine biology PhD…

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Alexandra Ravelo