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

It funded my undergraduate research and also my summer internship at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.

Funding from the Alaska Space Grant Program helped me work on my research project and gave me a chance to attend scientific conferences in the field.

Impact

Science

Experiments and PIC Simulations of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Corona Discharge

The purpose of this Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship proposal is to continue studying the steady state (DC) corona discharge to generate reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS). By studying the steady state corona discharge, we will examine how to effectively generate RONS for…

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Katherine Sakeagak
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