University of Alaska - Fairbanks

If it's about the North, chances are it's being studied right here. Current research spans many disciplines, much of it focusing on issues that affect Alaskans and their way of life. Oversight and advancement of UAF's research mission and the development of research policies are the responsibility of the Chancellor's Director of Research. With more than a dozen research centers and institutes that focus on the Arctic, UAF has experienced professors and scientists available to students both in the classroom and on an individual basis. UAF researchers are experts in their fields and receive funding from a wide variety of local, state and federal sources. Research and academic institutions around the world look to UAF as a leader in arctic studies and related education. Research dollars coming to UAF have increased substantially, from $56.4 million in 1997 to $112.4 million in 2004-05. UAF ranks 47th out of 200 universities in the amount of research money awarded from the National Science Foundation.