Travel Awards for Summer and Fall 2025 Now Available

Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ institution of higher education.

 

Award Conditions

UA Awardees

  • 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.

External to UA Awardees

  • Awardee will work with the UAF travel office and follow their procedures.
  • Awardee is responsible for obtaining prior approval prior to making travel arrangements, or incurring charges, with the UAF 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ EPSCoR upon request.
  • Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½. 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 Â鶹´«Ã½."

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 Â鶹´«Ã½ NSF EPSCoR  IoC project goals; and/or
  • Will be learning methods essential to the advancement of research in Â鶹´«Ã½.
  • Students and early career faculty and staff