Find your reason to give.
Ready or not, here it comes – UA Giving Day!
Across all our campuses, you'll find hundreds of reasons to support Nanook Nation. Now through 1 p.m. on March 27, explore the university priorities below to discover new ways to empower students, drive innovation and build brighter futures.
Don't miss out! Scroll the bottom of the page to see if your favorite program or scholarship has a match or challenge, so your impact can be doubled or even tripled.
Select UAF Research opportunities below to add a gift 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 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: Alaska Space Grant connects Alaska students and faculty to NASA and the growing aerospace industry in the state.
Alaska Center for UAS Integration (ACUASI): This fund supports the mission to maintain a world-class research center for unmanned aircraft systems, providing integration of unique payloads and supporting pathfinder missions within government and science communities, with a special emphasis on the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.
Usibelli Coal Mine Drone Advancement Scholarship: Provide financial assistance for tuition and other related educational expenses to students enrolled in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems or Aerospace programs at UAF.
Geophysical Institute Associates Endowment (spendable): This endowment provides critical funding for the GI to address immediate needs and creative opportunities. In recent years, the fund has supported graduate student travel, visiting lecturers, specialized equipment and building improvements, such as the rocket installation in front of the Elvey building.
Rasmuson Library Support: The Rasmuson Library houses 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, with this fund supporting programs and facilities at the library.
ACEP Research Support: This fund supports research conducted by the Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) at UAF, covering expenditures such as salaries, travel, equipment, contractual services and commodities.