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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Recruiting startups for the summer 2024 S2S program
October 18, 2023
Center ICE is recruiting startup companies to participate in the summer 2024 Students2Startups program. Through this program, some of Alaska’s top college students will spend next summer working at startups, contributing to their development and success while receiving complementary training on innovation and entrepreneurialism.
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Center ICE is proud to introduce our Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellows
October 11, 2023
Through RISE-UP funding the Center ICE team offers graduate fellowships to graduate students and postdocs working on innovative projects with the potential to create impact in communities. The team is excited to introduce this semester’s innovation fellows:
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October 11, 2023
We’re looking for researchers whose interests and projects overlap with our invitation request for proposal themes and focuses. Center ICE is supporting up to five awards of $15,000 each for research projects focused on impact.
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Registration now open for November 16 Faculty Makerspace Ideation mixer
October 11, 2023
The Ideation Studio is a program designed to help researchers and scholars connect, spark innovative ideas and co-develop new interdisciplinary projects geared toward problem-solving and the generation of positive societal impacts.
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Take the Leap on Your Innovative Research
August 18, 2023
Alaska FAST is kicking off the first virtual SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Accelerator in Alaska to support innovators applying for seed funding through federal agencies such as the Department of Energy (DOE), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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America’s Seed Fund for Grants: Healthcare Innovations
August 17, 2023
The Alaska Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program is a free technical assistance program to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, known as “America’s Seed Fund.”
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