The Alaska Summer Research Academy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is accepting applications Feb. 1 to March 31 for its middle and high school program.

The academy will be held each day from July 18-29, 2016. Students accepted into the summer program will spend two weeks with a small group and two instructors exploring a topic in science, engineering, math or technology. The program is offered through the UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics.

The middle school program is for students who will be in grades 6 to 8 in the fall of 2016. The high school program is for students who will be in grades 9 to 12 in the fall of 2016. Financial aid may be available for qualified students.

There are five middle school modules:

There are eight high school modules:

• Biomedicine


• BLIMPS 


• Dream, Design, DO!


• Environmental Chemistry of the Arctic


• Full-Stack Web Development


• Time Sleuths — Archaeology in Interior Alaska


• Veterinary Medicine


• Weather or Not?

 

The Time Sleuths module includes a six-day expedition.

For the application and more information, visit www.uaf.edu/asra.

CONTACTS: Christa Mulder, ASRA director, at 474-7703 or via email cpmulder@alaska.edu; Lynnette Dunn, ASRA administrative assistant, at 474-7221 or via email at lddunn@alaska.edu

ON THE WEB: www.uaf.edu/asra