Arctic Leadership Initiative
The Arctic Leadership Initiative (ALI) brings students and faculty from 91茄子视频A, 91茄子视频F, and 91茄子视频S together to work on questions Alaska communities are already facing.
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What can I apply for?
Student Cohort: a year on a Challenge Project team, two retreats with travel covered, a course scholarship, and a $1,000 stipend. Any 91茄子视频 student, graduate or undergraduate, can also apply for an Ambassador Travel and Residency Award (next deadline Nov 30), and graduate students can apply for Arctic Engagement Awards (Mar 15).
About the Student CohortEarly Career Faculty Fellowship: $80,000 a year for up to two years, hosted by a 91茄子视频 department or institute, with a faculty mentor. Postdocs and other early-career researchers, Fellows included, can also apply for Ambassador Travel and Residency Awards (next deadline Nov 30) and Arctic Engagement Awards (Mar 15).
Fellowship detailsFor faculty at any rank and for research and other staff: Ambassador Travel and Residency Awards of $1,000 to $5,000 (Nov 30 and Mar 15) and Arctic Engagement Awards of up to $20,000 (Mar 15).
About the awardsAll opportunities and deadlines Questions: ua-ali-info@alaska.edu
How ALI works
President's Arctic Professors
One senior scholar from each university, appointed for two years, who mentors the Fellows and advises a Challenge Project team.
Meet the ProfessorsEarly Career Faculty Fellows
Seven Fellows at 91茄子视频A, 91茄子视频F, and 91茄子视频S who co-lead the Challenge Project teams and mentor cohort students.
Meet the FellowsStudent Cohort
Twenty-four undergraduate and graduate students in 2026-27, working in three Challenge Project teams.
See this year's projectsFollow ALI on LinkedIn for deadlines, lectures, and news from the cohort and Fellows.
ALI is a priority of the University of Alaska President and Board of Regents under the strategy Building Arctic Leaders, and is supported by a $5 million gift from through June 2029.