�Ӱ�ԭ�� NASA EPSCoR awards two development seed grants

September 10, 2020

Assistant Professor Shishay Kidanu and Research Professor Robert Herrick each received an �Ӱ�ԭ�� NASA EPSCoR awarded two Research Infrastructure Develop seed grant in August 2020. Photos courtesy of �Ӱ�ԭ�� NASA EPSCoR.

�Ӱ�ԭ�� NASA EPSCoR awarded two Research Infrastructure Development seed grants in August.

The overarching goals of this NASA EPSCoR RID program are to build �Ӱ�ԭ��’s research infrastructure and technology capabilities by providing seed funding and incentives that will lead toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally competitive capabilities in support of NASA related research and technology priorities.

One grant went to UAF Research Professor Robert Herrick for his project, "Development and Initial Testing of a Venus-Analog Seismic Events Catalog."

The second grant went to Assistant Professor Shishay Kidanu for his project, "InSAR-based Mapping and Geophysical Investigation of Landslides along the �Ӱ�ԭ�� Highway Corridor, Tetlin Junction to Northway Junction, �Ӱ�ԭ��."

. For more information about �Ӱ�ԭ�� NASA EPSCoR, email Kayde Kaiser at kekaiser@alaska.edu.