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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Research funding helped me accomplish research and publish a manuscript in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and contribution to co-authored publication. This grant allowed significant contribution to scope and quality of research for Kelly Drew's laboratory and expands what she is capable of doing in current and future experiments.

I can honestly say that my time at the SSEP is the primary reason I was selected for the position [Mechanical Engineer].

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Testing Concept of Self and Abstraction Abilities in Octopuses Using Distorting Mirrors

Dozens of species across the animal kingdom including Asian elephants (Plotnik et al., 2006), Bottlenose dolphins (Reiss and Marino 2001), Oval squid (Ikeda and Matsumoto 2007), cuttlefish (Palmer et al. 2006) and Magpies (Prior et al. 2008) have been tested for a concept of self, defined by…

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Kaitlyn Houk
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The Neotectonic framework of the Talkeetna Mountains, southcentral Alaska

When it comes to studying plate tectonics, Alaska is one of the best locations in the world. With more than 1,000 earthquakes a month, Alaska accounts for more than 11 percent of the world's earthquakes. Because of Alaska's predilection for tremors, it's no surprise that the state is home to…

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Demi Mixon

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