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

Funding received from the Alaska Space Grant Program helped obtain the experience and contacts necessary for my current employment.

Allowed me to collect samples and run analysis that otherwise, I would not have been able to do. 

Impact

Human Exploration and Operations

Electron-fed microbes as nutrition in uncultivated domains

Astronauts require about 2,800 calories every day while in space. Currently, that food is grown and processed on Earth and transported to the International Space Station. University of Alaska Fairbanks engineering student Kyle Alvarado is part of an international collaboration…

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Kyle Alvarado
Science

Recent Changes in Shrub Distribution and Abundance in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska

As earth's climate warms plant communities are changing. In particular, scientists have seen an increase in shrub biomass, abundance, and distribution in Arctic and alpine tundra, collectively termed “shrub expansion”. While studies indicate that climate change underlines this growth, local…

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Christina Rinas