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The Alaska Satellite Facility's dish collects data downlinks from atop the Geophysical Institute's Elvey Building on the UAF Fairbanks campus.

Research

If it's about the North, chances are it's being studied right here. Current research spans many disciplines, much of it focusing on issues that affect Alaskans and their way of life.

Oversight and advancement of UAF's research mission and the development of research policies are the responsibility of the vice chancellor for research. With more than a dozen research centers and institutes that focus on the Arctic, UAF has experienced professors and scientists available to students both in the classroom and on an individual basis. UAF researchers are experts in their fields and receive funding from a wide variety of local, state and federal sources.

Research and academic institutions around the world look to UAF as a leader in arctic studies and related education.

Research expenditures at UAF have increased substantially, from $56.4 million in FY97 to $113 million in FY07. UAF ranks 45th out of 200 universities in the amount of research money awarded from the National Science Foundation.

Graduate enrollment increased 11 percent from 2002-2007; both graduates and undergraduates benefit from studying with some of the nation's top scientists. There are many undergraduate and graduate research opportunities at UAF. To get an idea of the scope of student research at UAF, check out our database of undergraduate research.