Cooperative Institute For Alaska Research (CIFAR)

A to Z | Advanced Search

Cooperative Institute For Alaska Research

?U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library

CIFAR Funds Six New Global Change Student Research Grant Awardees
(5/9/2012) Sixteen student projects from UAF and UAA have been selected for funding through the 2012 UAF Center for Global Change student research competition. CIFAR is a funding partner in this competition and is pleased to provide funding to support 6 of this year’s awardees (5 graduate students and 1 undergraduate). In addition to the new CIFAR awardees, two students will be funded through CIFAR for the second year of their projects that were initially awarded in 2011. These investments are part of CIFAR’s ongoing commitment to support student research that addresses issues relevant to NOAA and the Alaska region. A list of the 2012 CIFAR-funded students and their projects can be found here.

New CIFAR Administrator
(1/27/2012) In October 2011, we added Susie Carson to our staff. She is the new CIFAR Administrator and comes to us from the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Her contact information can be found on the staff page. Welcome, Susie!

See the CIFAR news archives

NOAA "Hot Items" featuring CIFAR:

http://www.nrc.noaa.gov/ci/hotitems/ 2010/11_cifar.html

http://hotitems.oar.noaa.gov/storyDetail_org.php?sid=5912

http://www.nrc.noaa.gov/ci/hotitems/ 2008/10_climate_course.html

http://www.nrc.noaa.gov/ci/hotitems/ 2008/05_climate_change.html

Founded in 2008, the Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research (CIFAR) conducts ecosystem and environmental research related to Alaska and its associated Arctic regions, including the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi/Beaufort Seas, and Arctic Ocean. READ MORE...

In the Alaska region, where rapid environmental and socio-economic changes are occurring, CIFAR places priority on education and two-way outreach between scientists, managers, communities, and local stakeholders. READ MORE...

2009 RUSALCA Cruise
The 2009 RUSALCA (Russian-American Long Term Census of the Arctic) cruise took place in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean in August and September. Exciting photos, stories and more can be found here. Several RUSALCA research projects (UAF PIs Katrin Iken, Brenda Norcross, Russ Hopcroft, Tom Weingartner and Terry Whitledge) are funded through CIFAR.

CIFAR Research Priorities
CIFAR research focuses on a number of high priority issues for the Alaska region, specifically, marine ecosystems, coastal hazards, and climate change and variability. READ MORE...

Submitting a proposal to CIFAR? Find out useful information to help in preparing your proposal. READ MORE...


P.O. Box 757740, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7740	(907) 474-5818	cifar@iarc.uaf.edu

UAF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution.

Last updated: May 9, 2012