Internship application for summer 2024 opening soon!

November 16, 2023

Looking for a summer opportunity to work with an Alaskan startup company? Do you want to gain valuable experience in the world of startups and innovation? If so, then the Students to Startups, or S2S, program is for you. Our summer, May–August, internship program pairs University of Alaska students with a startup company.

Open applications: Introducing graduate students fellowships

November 15, 2023

Center ICE supports two types of fellowships, and we are looking for applicants to apply for each of them for the spring 2024 semester. For graduate students interested in innovation, Center ICE offers an Innovation Fellowship. This fellowship partners with academic departments to combine a 10-hour fellowship with a 10-hour TA-ship through the interested students' department so that students can explore the world of innovation and gain hands-on experience working on innovative projects.

New Innovation for Alaska and the Arctic class enrolling for Spring 2024

November 15, 2023

In Innovation for Alaska and the Arctic student teams will engage directly with complex, real-world problems from policy, economics, technology, national security and innovation. Students will test hypotheses using a start-up model approach, respond to the needs of the end-users, and focus on evolving the discoveries into implementable solutions.

Center ICE awards seed funding to prioritize place-based ocean acidification education

November 14, 2023

Under a RISE-UP Seed Fund award, researchers Natalie Monacci and Christina Buffington are partnering with Lingít Aaní, or Southeast Alaska, and Sheet’ká, the community of Sitka, on a project that may lead to monitoring and education products that could strengthen UAF enrollment.

Up to $20k funding to spark new ideas and amplify research outcomes

November 07, 2023

We’re looking for researchers whose work overlaps with our RFP themes and focus areas: resilient energy, earth systems, aerospace and space weather, climate and environmental change, and One Health. Center ICE is supporting up to five awards of $20,000 each.