UAF Research
Your gift to UAF research supports students and faculty across a wide range of fields, from Arctic science and engineering to space, geophysics and large animal studies. Contributions fund field stations, early-career researchers, student awards, library resources and cutting-edge programs that expand knowledge and solve real-world challenges. Together, we’re advancing discovery and innovation that benefit Alaska and the world.
Click on the funds below to add to your UA Giving Day cart:
- Large Animal Research Support Endowment: Support research, education and outreach for Alaska animals, such as muskoxen and reindeer.
- Toolik Field Station Early Career Research Support: Support early career researchers by granting them access to Toolik Field Station, the world's largest Arctic research facility, and funding future leaders in Arctic science through the Toolik Tundra Award, which enables them to conduct independent research projects at the station.
- Alaska Space Grant Program Support: Connect Alaska students and faculty to NASA and the growing aerospace industry in the state.
- Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft System Integration (ACUASI) General Support: Maintain a world-class research center that provides integration of unique payloads and supports pathfinder missions within government and science communities, with a special emphasis on the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.
- Paul H. McCarthy Student Research Award: Support undergraduate and graduate students doing research in the Alaska and Polar Regions and Collections and Archives (APRCA) in the Rasmuson Library.
- Rasmuson Library Support: Provide flexible funding to support programs and facilities for one of the world's finest collections of Alaska and Polar Regions materials, encompassing books, periodicals, photography, manuscripts, films, oral histories, rare books and maps.
- Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) Research Support: Support research for innovative, practical and cost-saving solutions for community and industry-scale power generation, transmission, heating and transportation fuels.
- Matanuska Experiment Farm and Extension Center: Support agriculture research and demonstration on 260 acres of cultivated land and 800 acres of forestland, including barns, feed storage facilities, pastureland, a complete complement of farm equipment, and laboratory facilities for research on soils, plants and livestock.
- International Arctic Research Center (IARC) Support: Equip student scientists and global leaders with the fundamental research to respond to changes in the North and around the world, including changes to the ocean, ice, atmosphere, land and society.
- Geophysical Institute Graduate Student Research Award: Provide essential funding for Geophysical Institute graduate student researchers to lead transformative research and push the boundaries of geophysical science through fieldwork, lab analysis and innovation.
Priorities in other departments that you may be interested in:
- UA Museum of the North and Planetarium: UAMN Planetarium Excellence
- UAF College of Engineering and Mines: Institute of Northern Engineering Support
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.
$4,900
UAF Denise Thorsen Alaska Space Grant Challenge
Thank you Denise Thorsen and Alaska Space Grant donors! $4,900 has been unlocked to support the Alaska Space Grant Support Fund.
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
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$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
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$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
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$1,250
UAF Toolik Field Station Challenge
Thank you to our Toolik Field Station Steering Committtee and all Toolik Field Station donors! $1,250 has been unlocked to support the Toolik Early Career Research Support Fund!
20 / 20 Donors
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Success!
UAF Large Animal Research Station Muskox Challenge
Thank you Large Animal Research Station donors! Because of your support, we will put a new enrichment toy in the muskox calf pen and post a video of them playing with it!
Completed
$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
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$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
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$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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$1,000
UAF Geophysical Institute Grad Student Research Challenge
Thank you UAF Geophysical Institute Leaders and GI donors! $1000 has been unlocked to support the Geophysical Institute Grad Student Research Award!
25 / 25 Donors
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$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
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Leaderboard
Donors per Fund: UAF Research
Number of donors who gave to each fund for UA Giving Day 2026
| Rank | Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska Space Grant Program Support | 36 |
| 2 | Large Animal Research Support Endowment | 29 |
| 3 | Toolik Field Station Early Career Research Support | 25 |
| 4 | Geophysical Institute Graduate Student Research Award | 16 |
| 5 | Paul H. McCarthy Student Research Award | 8 |
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| Rank | State | Gifts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AK | 88 |
| 2 | OR | 5 |
| 3 | ME | 4 |
