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

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What Our Students Say

With the Alaska Space Grant I was able to work on a project that makes me stand out in the aerospace industry as an applicant. It also help foster experience that employers may seem useful. Overall, it help deepen my understanding on how sub-systems are designed.

I was able to pursue much higher level research with my astrophysics faculty mentor, resulting in multiple presentations at public forums and contributions to an academic paper.

Impact

Science

Ground Truthing MODIS NDVI Measurements in Remote Areas of Alaska

Global climate warming is amplified near the poles (Cohen et al., 2014) and at higher elevations (Pepin et al., 2015). Using remote sensing in America’s Arctic mountains, the Brooks Range, researchers have observed changes in vegetation types, growing seasons, and plant phenology over recent…

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Russell Wong
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The role of biota in snowmelt on glaciers in Alaska

While climate change is often in international news, it's easy to forget that most research is done at the local level.

One of the researchers analyzing this localized impact is Gerard Ganey. Ganey has been studying the environment since his time as an undergraduate at the University of…

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Gerard Ganey

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