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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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.

I was able to pursue much higher level research with my astrophysics faculty mentor, resulting in multiple presentations at public forums and contributions to an academic paper.

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Aeronautics Research

Jesse Brady at Langley

“Researching with the Langley Aeronautics Academy was the best summer of my life,” said Jesse Brady, a senior in mechanical engineering at UAA. Brady spent last summer in Virginia studying with some of the worlds top scientists. He added that the experience ultimately proved not only be the best…

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Jesse Brady
Human Exploration and Operations, Space Technology

Human immune response transcriptome profile of COVID-19 cases in Alaska

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a major public health crisis, the likes of which have not been seen since the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918. The loss of life and livelihood by so many and the general lack of preparedness are clear indicators of the threat that pandemic events pose to the…

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Thomas Kosten

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