Alaska EPSCoR is a university-state partnership which builds Alaska-based research. We are addressing national scientific priorities and training students for the 21st century technologically based workforce.

EPSCoR programs in 25 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands aim to strengthen science and technology infrastructure for enhanced research competitiveness in universities, for broader participation of students in science, mathematics, and engineering, and for increased linkages among higher education, government agencies, and the private sector.

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Alaska EPSCoR funding

Alaska EPSCoR has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation for its Phase III proposal, "Resilience and Vulnerability in a Rapidly Changing North: The Integration of Physical, Biological and Social Processes." This award began July 1, 2007 and runs until July 1, 2010. The State of Alaska also provides significant funding to the project. Peter Schweitzer is the new director. F. Stuart Chapin of the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Lilian Alessa of the University of Alaska Anchorage are co-principal investigators. Click here for the project summary.

Call for concept papers

Alaska became an EPSCoR state in 2000 and is currently in the midst of Phase III spanning 2007-2010. We are submitting a new proposal to NSF for a Research Infrastructure and Improvement  (RII) award as Phase IV in October 2009. This award would allow Alaska EPSCoR to continue to strengthen Alaska's academic science and engineering research. For more information on the call for concept papers, please download our Phase IV announcement  or call the EPSCoR office at 474-5895.