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New Cooperative Agreement Awarded
Following a competitive application process, CIFAR has been awarded a new 5-year cooperative agreement as the NOAA Alaska Regional Cooperative Institute, beginning July 1, 2008.

To better reflect the Alaska regional aspect to the new cooperative institute, the acronym CIFAR will now represent the new "Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research" (rather than "Arctic" as in the past).

Under the new agreement CIFAR will have three broad research themes: (1) Ecosystem Studies and Forecasting; (2) Coastal Hazards; and (3) Climate Change and Variability. READ MORE...

CIFAR participates in marine science course for K-12 Teachers

Scientists from CIFAR, Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, and the International Arctic Research Center teamed up to teach a one-credit lecture, lab and field course--Climate Change in Alaska Estuaries--at the Kasitsna Bay Laboratory June 22-27, 2008. READ MORE...

See the CIFAR news archives

NOAA "Hot Items" featuring CIFAR:

http://www.nrc.noaa.gov/ci/hotitems/ 2008/05_climate_change.html

http://www.nrc.noaa.gov/ci/hotitems/ 2008/10_climate_course.html

Founded in 2008, the Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research (CIFAR) conducts ecosystem and environmental research related to Alaska and its associated Arctic regions, including the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Chukchi/Beaufort Seas, and Arctic Ocean. READ MORE...

In the Alaska region, where rapid environmental and socio-economic changes are occurring, CIFAR places priority on education and two-way outreach between scientists, managers, communities, and local stakeholders. READ MORE...

2009 RUSALCA Cruise
The 2009 RUSALCA (Russian-American Long Term Census of the Arctic) cruise took place in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean in August and September. Exciting photos, stories and more can be found here. Several RUSALCA research projects (UAF PIs Katrin Iken, Brenda Norcross, Russ Hopcroft, Tom Weingartner and Terry Whitledge) are funded through CIFAR.

CIFAR Research Priorities
CIFAR research focuses on a number of high priority issues for the Alaska region, specifically, marine ecosystems, coastal hazards, and climate change and variability. READ MORE...

Submitting a proposal to CIFAR? Find out useful information to help in preparing your proposal. READ MORE...


P.O. Box 757740, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7740	(907) 474-5818	cifar@iarc.uaf.edu

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Last updated: October 5, 2009