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Alaska NSF EPSCoR is awarding up to 10 individual awards of $1,500 each for domestic travel for Interface of Change project participants and partners. We will prioritize awarding student and early-career professional applicants. Please review all solicitation details thoroughly before applying.  

Applications open now - apply by 5 pm, July 11, 2025! Awards will be announced on July 21, 2025. NOTE:  All travel should be completed by November 30, 2025.  Expense reports must be submitted and paid out by December 14, 2025.  

How to Apply

Download and complete the Alaska EPSCoR IoC Travel Award Application Form, and email it to Tara Borland at taborland@alaska.edu. The deadline to submit an application is 5 pm, July 11, 2025.

Questions? 

Contact Tara Borland at taborland@alaska.edu or (907) 474-6288.

Eligibility

An eligible applicant must:

• Plan to present at an academic conference or attend a professional development training or workshop.
• Be faculty, staff, or a student at an Alaska institution of higher education.

 

Award Conditions

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• Awardee will work with their appropriate travel and/or procurement department and follow their internal institutional and departmental procedures.
• Awardee is responsible for obtaining prior approval prior to making travel arrangements, or incurring charges, with their institution/department.

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• Awardee will work with the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ travel office and follow their procedures.
• Awardee is responsible for obtaining prior approval prior to making travel arrangements, or incurring charges, with the °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ travel office.

All Awardees

• Awardee will initiate related expense reports, if needed, within 15 days of trip completion.
• Awardee will provide timely copies of travel/registration documents to Alaska EPSCoR upon request.
• Alaska NSF EPSCoR travel awards support domestic travel only. These awards do not fund international travel.  (Canada is considered international)
• All Travel should be completed by November 30, 2025.  Expense reports must be submitted and paid out by December 14, 2025.
• Within 15 days of completion of travel or event, the awardee must submit a brief (1 page maximum) summary report and relevant photo to Tara Borland at taborland@alaska.edu outlining the purpose of the participation, the nature of the event, and how it benefited the awardee and the University of Alaska. Any materials presented at the event or resulting from this award must include the following language: "This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award #OIA-2344553 and the State of Alaska."

Review Process

Applications will be reviewed by EPSCoR leadership. Reviews will begin after the submission deadline. Preference will be given to applicants who:

• Give a presentation that contributes to Alaska NSF EPSCoR  IoC project goals; and/or
• Will be learning methods essential to the advancement of research in Alaska.
• Students and early career faculty and staff