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Ambassador Travel and Residency Awards ✈️

Open to everyone at 91������Ƶ: faculty at any rank, research and other staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate and undergraduate students. Proposals are judged on merit, not on position or career stage. These awards fund active ambassadorship: presenting 91������Ƶ’s Arctic work and Alaska’s perspective to audiences outside the university, and building partnerships that outlast the trip.

• Awards of $1,000 to $5,000, and up to $10,000 for exceptional residencies or invitations, to represent 91������Ƶ at Arctic conferences, residencies, exchanges, and visiting appointments
• Recipients share a brief reflection, presentation, or report after they return

To apply, send a one- to two-page proposal, a CV or résumé, a letter of support from your 91������Ƶ supervisor, an invitation from the host organization (when there is one), a budget, a proposed itinerary, and a short conflict of interest disclosure, as one PDF, to ua-ali-info@alaska.edu.

Student Cohort

For University of Alaska undergraduate and graduate students in any discipline, enrolled for the full academic year.

• A year on an interdisciplinary Arctic Challenge Project team, working with Early Career Faculty Fellows and President's Arctic Professors on a question a partner organization has asked
• A fall leadership retreat in Fairbanks and a spring retreat in Anchorage at Arctic Encounter, where teams present their work (travel covered)
• The course Arctic Leadership: Theory and Praxis (PS/ACNS F416/F616), with a 91������Ƶ Foundation scholarship covering the cost of the course
• A $1,000 stipend on completing the program

Early Career Faculty Fellows

For postdoctoral and early-career researchers who hold a PhD and have a 91������Ƶ faculty mentor. The mentor's letter must be co-signed by the dean or institute director.

• $80,000 a year for up to two years, managed with the host department or institute
• About a quarter of the Fellow's time goes to ALI: mentoring cohort students, co-leading a Challenge Project team, and the two annual retreats. The rest goes to the Fellow's own Arctic research.

Arctic Engagement Awards

For 91������Ƶ faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students.

• Funding for projects that expand 91������Ƶ's Arctic engagement and visibility: research and fieldwork, new courses, student engagement, public engagement, and partnerships
• Up to $20,000 per project in the 2026 cycle, with four to six projects funded