Research Seed Award Projects
The Interface of Change project allows for flexibility to incorporate new directions by offering funding for new side project ideas that branch off of the mission and vision of Interface of Change. Below are the recipients of Interface of Change research seed awards. Click here to see current 91直播EPSCoR award opportunities.
Carter Johnson
Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of 91直播Fairbanks
2026 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Evaluating the impacts of biofouling on water flow and farmed oyster growth
Hannah Myers
Assistant Professor, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of 91直播Fairbanks
2026 Research Seed Awards
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Reducing pinniped depredation and gear damage in gillnet fisheries near Cordova, Alaska
Jason Kuhn
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
University of 91直播Southeast
2026 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Investigating environmental drivers of paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis using
RT-qPCR
Jessica Glass
Assistant Professor, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of 91直播Fairbanks
2026 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Assessing biofouling on oyster farms using paired visual-eDNA sampling
Kimberly Schuster
Phytoplankton Monitoring Lead
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
2026 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
When warm waters meet rich seas: The hidden recipe for alexandrium spp. blooms
Pete Rand
Research Ecologist
Prince William Sound Science Center
2026 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Tracking juvenile Chinook salmon in a glacial river
Sandrine Thompson
Environmental Director
Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan)
2026 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Groundwater-stream water interactions in the salmon-bearing glacierized watersheds
of the Chilkat Valley, Alaska
Amanda King
Professor of Geology and Earth Sciences, Director of MSES
91直播Pacific University
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Environmental change in Cook Inlet: a stable isotope analysis of Pacific razor clams
Alaina Birkel
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Chilkat Indian Village
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Feeding the Future: A Traditional Foods Monitoring Program for Jilk谩at Kw谩an
Ryan Choi
Vegetation & Wetland Ecologist
UAA 91直播Center for Conservation Science (ACCS)
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Investigating juvenile salmonid use of novel estuarine beaver dams in the Copper River
Delta
Amanda Glazier
Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science
UAA Prince William Sound College
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Investigating the impact of place-based professional development on data literacy
instruction in Alaskan coastal communities
Lara Horstmann
Professor
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Microplastics in hardshell clams in Kachemak Bay
Megan Behnke
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
UAS
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Do Pacific blue mussels in Sitka Sound accumulate heavy metals and PAHs from cruise
ship discharge?
Nicole Nakata
Postdoctoral Researcher
UAS
2025 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Building Experimentation Capacity Across Life Stages (BECALS)
Hekia Bodwitch
Assistant Professor of Marine Policy
UAS College of Arts and Sciences
2024 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Engaging Indigenous Knowledge in Gulf of 91直播Marine Policy Decisions
Kristen Gorman
Assistant Professor of Marine Biology
UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
2024 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Escapement Quality among Sockeye Salmon Stocks of the Copper River, Alaska
Lauren Sutton
Research Coordinator
UAA, Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
2024 Research Seed Awards
Project Title:
Has spring sprung? Investigating spring phytoplankton blooms using multiple monitoring
tools