Alaska Space Grant Program

11/10/2021

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11/10/2021

The Alaska Space Grant/NASA EPSCoR Program is seeking a self-motivated individual interested in bringing NASA education and research opportunities to Alaska. This position is for a Program Coordinator to help manage and grow the Alaska Space Grant and NASA EPSCoR programs. These are grant funded programs intended to broaden the geographic distribution of NASA's education and research funding in Alaska. If you enjoy working with students and faculty and would like to support research at the University we encourage you to apply! 🎉

https://careers.alaska.edu/en-us/job/518317/alaska-space-grant-program-coordinator


Review of applicants will start on December 9, 2021📆

11/09/2021

Today is the day! Consider a gift to the Alaska Space Grant Program as part of UA Giving Day. 🎉

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11/05/2021

How has Alaska Space Grant impacted you? 🪐❤

11/05/2021

📆Save the date: 11/9 kicks off UA Giving Day 2021! Show your support for Space Grant students! 🎉

11/01/2021

10/27/2021

Attention Women in STEM! Check out this amazing opportunity to hear from women at NASA about their STEM journey and how they achieved their dream of working at NASA! Find the link here: https://nasaenterprise.webex.com/nasaenterprise/j.php?MTID=mac9d41f953b8b881a749e67bc8370a72

10/21/2021

REMINDER! Graduate student research grants are due December 1st! 🎉‼

Graduate Research Grants are due December 1! Need some support for your research? Applicants can apply for up to $15,000 in total direct costs! https://spacegrant.alaska.edu/funding-opportunities/students/graduate/research-grants ❄️🪐

10/20/2021

BLaST workshop on applying to graduate school
Date: Oct. 22, 2021
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Online

The Biomedical Learning and Student Training program will offer its first undergraduate professional development workshop for the fall semester on Friday, Oct. 22, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Professor and Dean Emeritus Michael Castellini will offer tips and tricks for navigating the grad school application process and answer any questions on his talk, "Getting into Graduate School with Dr. Michael Castellini."

Castellini is a researcher, retired principal investigator with BLaST, ad former director of the UAF Graduate School.

This event is open to all undergraduate students, so invite your friends! Contact Emily Sousa for Zoom information at [email protected].

10/14/2021

2022 Heliophysics Mission Design School: Postdocs/early career researchers in the U.S. (U.S. citizens or some foreign nationals) apply by November 12 2021. Register for October 20 information session. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/intern/apply/nasa-science-mission-design-schools/ Register for 10/20 info session -->https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6exgHv7yjDWrD7-YfIP89HIK0X1dqV_z3BpGo7aPMFvPQ4w/viewform

WORKSHOPS NASA Science Mission Design Schools Updates – October 12, 2021: Applications for the Heliophysics Mission Design School (HMDS) spring 2022 session are now open. Details about future Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS) sessions are forthcoming. We are especially interested in applicati...

10/08/2021

https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/
October 16th is International Observe the Moon Night! 🌝🔭🌚

Moon.nasa.gov is NASA's deep dive resource for lunar exploration from astronauts to robots.

09/24/2021

https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2021/09/space-grant-awarded-study-arctic-corrosion.cshtml

Current ASGP Graduate Research Grant awardee, Tyler Cushman, details his important corrison research, his perserverance, and his hopes to live and work in Alaska following graduation. We are SO happy Tyler is one of our fellows! ❤ Apply today for the next round of Grad Research Grants....https://spacegrant.alaska.edu/funding-opportunities/students/graduate/research-grants 🎉

Tyler Cushman’s graduate research will study a process known as atmospheric corrosion in cold climates through a collaboration with NASA and is expected to have wider benefits for Alaska’s infrastructure.