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Alaska

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NSF and Alaska

  • In FY 2003, NSF provided 117 awards totaling approximately $29 million to 15 institutions in the State of Alaska.


  • Institutions in Alaska receiving NSF support in FY 2003 included the University of Alaska – Southeast, the Alaska Federation of Natives, the Anchorage Museum Association, Cygnus Innovations, Sheldon Jackson College, and Scientific Fishery Systems.


Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in the State of Alaska

  • The Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research Program at the University of Alaska – Fairbanks focuses on improving our understanding of the long-term consequences of changing climate and disturbance regimes on boreal forests. The overall objective is to determine the major controls over forest dynamics, biogeochemistry, and disturbances and how these factors interact in the face of a changing climate. The forest dynamics theme addresses successional changes in the biotic populations and communities following disturbance, emphasizing the relative importance of historical legacies, stochastic processes, and species effects in determining successional trajectories and the sensitivity of the trajectories to climate.

  • Traditional Knowledge in a Changing Arctic — The goals of this project are as follows: (1) to document traditional knowledge; (2) to disseminate that knowledge within the Yup'ik community and between the Native and scientific communities; (3) to provide science training at the local level; and (4) to improve communication between Yup'ik people and social and physical/natural scientists. The Calista Elders Council, a non-profit organization representing the tradition bearers of the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta in southwestern Alaska, will coordinate the collection and sharing of information on a region-wide basis.

  • Investigation of Punuk/Birnirk/Thule Relationships – Preliminary Evaluation of North Alaskan Site Potentials — The Barrow Arctic Science Consortium will undertake a survey and evaluation of archaeological sites on the North Slope of Alaska that are at risk of loss due to erosion and other geologic processes. The survey will concentrate on locating intact cultural deposits, cultural deposits associated with the development of prehistoric whaling, and exposed strata and nearby potential sources of paleoenvironmental data. The information gathered in this survey is crucial to identifying sites for future research, particularly on the Punuk, Birnirk, and Thule archaeological cultures of the Arctic.

  • GLOBEC 2000 -- A long-Term Observation Program for Detecting Coastal Gulf of Alaska Zooplankton Source Fluctuations— Decadal-scale changes in the production cycles of the sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean have been conjectured to effect population changes in fishes via their zooplankton forage base. Zooplankton populations occurring near the Gulf of Alaska continental shelf break appear to undergo dramatic oscillations in abundance over decadal time scales. The data arising from this Prince William Sound Science Center project will enable the assessment of seasonal and inter-annual nitrogen and carbon isotopic variability of large-bodied zooplankton during their peak occurrence in spring and summer each year will be matched to analogous measurements for juvenile pink salmon and other fishes.


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Useful Links:

State of Alaska Home Page
Alaska Governor's Office
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