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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It helped me achieve my life line goal of being a NASA intern and making connections to work in that line.

Alaska Space Grant has helped me secure funding for a NASA internship. One of my goals for the next several years is to pursue summer opportunities outside of an academic setting to get a feel for what I might want to do after completing a PhD, and I think working for NASA is a great first step. Working for NASA may also give me ideas for future research projects, and ultimately for what I might want to work on for my dissertation.

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Jon Klein at JPL

When something is easy, we joke and say “it isn't rocket science.” For one UAF student however, rocket science is no laughing matter.

Jon Klein is a masters student in Electrical Engineering at UAF. In 2012, he took part in an internship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.…

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Sea ice influence on benthic community variability in the Alaskan Arctic shelves

Despite being a point of interest and study for decades, the Arctic continues to hold a treasure-trove of mysteries and research opportunities. As climate change intensifies, more and more data is needed to understand an ecosystem in flux. 

Alexandra Ravelo, a marine biology PhD…

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