CFOS Scholarships and Funding

The Kathryn E. and John P. Doyle Scholarship supports Undergraduate and Graduate female students pursuing a degree in science and attending the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Award amount: Up to four scholarships will be awarded. Two for Undergraduate students at up to $5,000 each. Two for Graduate students at up to $10,000 each. One Graduate level scholarship will be specifically for a Fisheries student.

For more information: Visit the Alaska Community Foundation Doyle Scholarship page

The Dr. H. Richard Carlson Scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding graduate student for the forthcoming academic year. The recipient must be a resident of Juneau. Shirley Carlson established this scholarship in honor of her late husband, Dr. H. Richard Carlson, who made substantial and important contributions to fisheries science in Alaska as a scientist at NOAA Fisheries Auke Bay Laboratory.  Dr. Carlson also supported and encouraged UA fisheries students.

Award amount: Two semesters of graduate level tuition.

For more information: Visit the University of Alaska AcademicWorks page

To support research by a marine sciences graduate student, with preference for students working at the Seward Marine Center or the Alaska SeaLife Center. E.R. “Dolly” Dieter worked for the UAF Institute of Marine Science from 1962 until 1997. She established this scholarship to help with the growth and development of oceanography at UAF.

Award amount: $500 to $1000 per year.

For more information: View UAF’s Privately Funded Scholarships page

How to apply: This application is processed through UAonline.

To support graduate students in marine biology, who are conducting research on marine mammals. Bud Fay was known to all whose lives he touched as a warm, caring, generous individual, a man of great integrity who was intensely interested and passionately involved in his scientific pursuits. He was recognized internationally as the world’s leading expert on the walrus.

Award amount: $1000 per year.

For more information: View UAF’s Privately Funded Scholarships page

How to apply: This application is processed through UAonline.

To support graduate students in the marine sciences. Ken Turner was a captain of the R/V Acona, the first research vessel of the Institute of Marine Science. This fund was established in his memory by the faculty and staff of IMS.

Award amount: $1000–$2000 per year.

For more information: View UAF’s Privately Funded Scholarships page

How to apply: This application is processed through UAonline.

To support graduate students in oceanography or marine biology. Alyeska Pipeline Service Company established this support fund to honor the contributions that Drs. Howard Feder and David Shaw have made to environmental monitoring in Port Valdez. Both Drs. Feder and Shaw are professors emeriti of the Institute of Marine Science at UAF.

Award amount: $1500 per year.

For more information: View UAF’s Privately Funded Scholarships page

How to apply: This application is processed through UAonline.

Review process: Institute of Marine Science Director will review and choose recipient.

To support graduate students in Fisheries, Marine Biology, or Oceanography who are conducting research related to Alaska’s fisheries. The Rasmuson Fisheries Research Center was founded in 1994 by the late Elmer E. Rasmuson with a million-dollar endowment, and has grown through his subsequent contributions and a $100,000 gift from Ward’s Cove Packing Company. Approximately eight fellowships are awarded annually, including renewals.

For more information: Visit the Rasmuson Fisheries Research Center

How to apply: Contact Christina Sutton, clsutton3@alaska.edu

The Marine Biology and Oceanography graduate programs award a total of 3–4 teaching assistantships per semester, and the Fisheries Program has 2 teaching assistantships available.

How to apply: Contact Christina Sutton, clsutton3@alaska.edu.

For more information: Visit the Assistantships web page.

Teaching assistantships are also sometimes available in other UAF departments, primarily the Biology department. Contact Christina Sutton, clsutton3@alaska.edu, for further information.