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The G-Beta startup accelerator is recruiting for its spring Â黨ÊÓƵn cohort

January 08, 2024

G-BETA Â黨ÊÓƵ is an accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots in Â黨ÊÓƵ. The application portal for the spring program is now live.
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A creative adventure at the MILL Makerspace

January 08, 2024

The Making Is Learning Lab (MILL) Makerspace is a new UAF Makerspace supported by the MIX, located in the Center for Teaching and Learning. Recently, the MILL Makerspace hosted an inspiring two-day design event especially tailored to UAF faculty, staff and their children focused on fostering creativity and design thinking. Here’s a summary of the topics the workshop covered.
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Join the spring Innovation Corps program and make your ideas a reality

January 08, 2024

I-Corps is a seven-week stakeholder discovery program open to researchers, students and community members interested in increasing the impact of their research or business ideas.
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Innovation for Â黨ÊÓƵ and the Arctic: Problem solving and end-user discovery

January 08, 2024

Interested in problem-solving? Want to make a difference and research solutions to local and regional needs? Would you like to engage directly with complex, real-world problems from policy, economics, technology, national security and innovation?
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Internship application for summer 2024 opening soon!

November 16, 2023

Looking for a summer opportunity to work with an Â黨ÊÓƵn startup company? Do you want to gain valuable experience in the world of startups and innovation? If so, then the Students to Startups, or S2S, program is for you. Our summer, May–August, internship program pairs University of Â黨ÊÓƵ students with a startup company.
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Open applications: Introducing graduate students fellowships

November 15, 2023

Center ICE supports two types of fellowships, and we are looking for applicants to apply for each of them for the spring 2024 semester. For graduate students interested in innovation, Center ICE offers an Innovation Fellowship. This fellowship partners with academic departments to combine a 10-hour fellowship with a 10-hour TA-ship through the interested students' department so that students can explore the world of innovation and gain hands-on experience working on innovative projects.
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New Innovation for Â黨ÊÓƵ and the Arctic class enrolling for Spring 2024

November 15, 2023

In Innovation for Â黨ÊÓƵ and the Arctic student teams will engage directly with complex, real-world problems from policy, economics, technology, national security and innovation. Students will test hypotheses using a start-up model approach, respond to the needs of the end-users, and focus on evolving the discoveries into implementable solutions.
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Center ICE awards seed funding to prioritize place-based ocean acidification education

November 14, 2023

Under a RISE-UP Seed Fund award, researchers Natalie Monacci and Christina Buffington are partnering with Lingít Aaní, or Southeast Â黨ÊÓƵ, and Sheet’ká, the community of Sitka, on a project that may lead to monitoring and education products that could strengthen UAF enrollment.
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Up to $20k funding to spark new ideas and amplify research outcomes

November 07, 2023

We’re looking for researchers whose work overlaps with our RFP themes and focus areas: resilient energy, earth systems, aerospace and space weather, climate and environmental change, and One Health. Center ICE is supporting up to five awards of $20,000 each.
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Recruiting startups for the summer 2024 S2S program

October 18, 2023

Center ICE is recruiting startup companies to participate in the summer 2024 Students2Startups program. Through this program, some of Â黨ÊÓƵ’s top college students will spend next summer working at startups, contributing to their development and success while receiving complementary training on innovation and entrepreneurialism.
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