UAF Student Scholarship and Support
Your gift to Student Scholarships and Support helps Nanooks thrive — in the classroom and beyond. Contributions provide critical scholarships, leadership development, first-generation and rural student support, honors opportunities, emergency resources like the food pantry and programs that remove financial barriers to earning a degree. Together, we’re opening doors, strengthening student success and ensuring every Nanook has the opportunity to reach their goals.
Click on the funds below to add to your UA Giving Day cart:
- UAF General Scholarship: Empower the next generation of Nanooks in every field of study and strengthen essential programs like the Nanook Pledge, which guarantees four years of merit-based assistance.
- UAF Student Support: Support UAF students who need assistance navigating emergencies, unexpected challenges, and other barriers to their educational journeys.
- UAF Food Pantry: Provide food to students in need at the UAF campus.
- UAF Honors College Climate Scholars Support: Support the UAF Honors College Climate Scholars Program.
Other UAF Student Scholarship and Support priorities:
ASUAF Scholarship, UAF First-Gen Support Fund, UAF TRIO Student Support Services (SSS), UAF Honors College Support, UAF Fire Department Support, UAF LION Support, UAF ASUAF Leadership Scholarship, Alyeska Tire Climate Scholars Support, and UAF Leadership Program Support
Priority in another department that you may be interested in:
- UAF College of Indigenous Studies: UAF Rural Student Services Support Scholarship
- Statewide Support: UA General Scholarship
A Race to the Finish!
Mar 26, 2026
Join us for a special final day challenge! All UA Giving Day donors that give today [26th] are automatically entered into a drawing for a $600 mini-grant for any program or scholarship that is listed on the UA Giving Day website.
We've reached our 2,026 donor goal!
Mar 25, 2026
Friends, families, and communities supporting UAA, UAF, and UAS students: Thank you so much for everything you have done to help us reach our goal of 2,026 donors! There are still 18 hours left in UA Giving Day, and we are at 752 of our 1,000 new donor goal! Please continue to share and spread the word about Giving Day to help us reach this.
$1,000
UAF Usibelli Coal Mine University Fire Department New Donor Challenge
Thank you Usibelli Coal Mine and UAF Fire Department donors! $1,000 has been unlocked to support fire protection, training, and emergency response at UAF!
10 / 10 Donors
Completed
$5,000
UA Supporting Alaska's Educators Challenge
Challenge unlocked! Thank you, Mary K. Hughes and the John C. Hughes Foundation, and to our generous UA Giving Day donors. $5,000 has been unlocked to support the Patricia Hughes Eastaugh Teaching Scholarship for education students systemwide. Because of you, future educators across Alaskawill receive the support they need to learn, lead, and make a lasting impact in their communities.
1,000 / 1,000 Donors
Completed
$1,000
UA Engineers Make it Happen Challenge
Alaska counts on our incredible engineers to find the solution to complex Arctic concerns. 75% of UA's grads stay in Alaska long-term, which is something to be proud of; the challenge at hand is ensuring bright students receive the support they need to enroll and graduate. Stephanie Erickson, University of Alaska Foundation board member, challenges Alaska's engineers to be part of the solution. To represent 75% of alumni staying in Alaska long-term, when we reach 750 donors to any program or scholarship, Stephanie will donate $2,000, split between UAA College of Engineering and UAF College of Engineering and Mines.
1 / 1 Donors
Completed
$5,500
UA Launch Power Hour
The UA Foundation Board of Directors thanks the first-hour donors who have set UA Giving Day on a great foot. UA Foundation Board has made their $5,500 donation to UA General Scholarship. Keep spreading the word about UA Giving Day to make UA Giving Day a success!
200 / 200 Donors
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UAF General Scholarship UA President's Office Match
The UA President's Office will match donations to the UAF General Scholarship dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000, with a grant from the President's Office.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
Success!
UAF Sunrise Bagel and Espresso Sunrise Cares Challenge
Thank you Sunrise Bagel and Espresso and Sunrise Cares supporters! Together, you raised $1,391.48 for the UAF General Scholarship Fund—fueling opportunities for students and making a lasting impact.
Completed
$1,000
UAF Flower Power Hour
Thank you President Pitney and UAF donors! $1,000 has been unlocked to support the upkeep of the Georgeson Botanical Garden.
49 / 49 Donors
Completed
$2,500
UAF Student Support Challenge
Thanks to 20 donors to the UAF Student Support Challenge, an additional $2,500 was unlocked to provide immediate support to students in need. Thank you!
20 / 20 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
Donors per Fund: UAF Student Scholarship and Support
Number of donors who gave to each fund for UA Giving Day
| Rank | Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UAF Food Pantry | 49 |
| 2 | UAF General Scholarship | 38 |
| 3 | UAF Student Support | 28 |
| 4 | UAF Fire Department Support | 25 |
| 5 | UAF Honors College Climate Scholars Support | 16 |
Ended
$2,000
UAF Alumni Challenge
Thank you to our 400 UAF Alumni donors and to UA President Pat Pitney for helping us unlock $2,000 to support UAF's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics!
400 / 400 Donors
Completed
$1,000
UA Engineers Make it Happen Challenge
Alaska counts on our incredible engineers to find the solution to complex Arctic concerns. 75% of UA's grads stay in Alaska long-term, which is something to be proud of; the challenge at hand is ensuring bright students receive the support they need to enroll and graduate. Stephanie Erickson, University of Alaska Foundation board member, challenges Alaska's engineers to be part of the solution. To represent 75% of alumni staying in Alaska long-term, when we reach 750 donors to any program or scholarship, Stephanie will donate $2,000, split between UAA College of Engineering and UAF College of Engineering and Mines.
749 / 749 Donors
Completed
$6,000
UAF Food Pantry Challenge
Thanks to 40 gifts to the UAF Food Pantry Challenge, an additional $6,000 was unlocked to help feed students and support our Nanook community. Thank you!
40 / 40 Donors
Completed
$10,000
UAF Alyeska Tire Student Support Challenge
Challenge met! Huge thanks to Alyeska Tire for driving $10,000 in support of UAF students and the Climate Scholars Program.
55 / 55 Donors
Completed
$1,000
UAF New Donors for Troth Yeddha' Initiative Challenge
Thank you President Pitney and Troth Yeddha donors! $1,000 has been unlocked in support of the Troth Yeddha' Indigenous Students Initiative.
100 / 100 Donors
Completed
$2,000
UAF University Fire Department Optimist Club of Fairbanks Challenge
Thanks to the Optimist Club of Fairbanks and our University Fire Department donors, an additional $2,000 has been unlocked in support of the University Fire Department.
10 / 10 Donors
Completed
$1,000
UAF Chancellor Sfraga General Scholarship Challenge
Thank you Chancellor Sfraga and UAF General Scholarship donors! $1,000 has been unlocked to support student scholarships!
20 / 20 Donors
Completed
Match
UAF Food Pantry Matching Gift
Thank you Linda Hulbert and UAF Food Pantry donors! $2,500 has been unlocked to support the UAF Food Pantry Fund.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
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Help us fill the map!
| Rank | State | Gifts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AK | 116 |
| 2 | WA | 10 |
| 3 | TX | 6 |
