Welcome to the Alaska Fire Science Consortium

The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) annually releases Funding Opportunity Notices (FONs). The most recent FON was released on March 13, 2019, and proposals submissions closed on May 16, 2019.

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• Reducing damages and losses to valued resources from wildfire
• Effectiveness of fuel breaks and fuel break systems

Hello everyone,

We are so excited to welcome you to the new AFSC website! Please feel free to explore and try to find all your favorite or most used resources from the old site. If you have the time and wish to give feedback, please contact our Science Communication Specialist, Maija Wehmas, miwehmas@alaska.edu.

The Alaska Reference Database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature. | Search the database »

ACCAP and AFSC are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to explore inter-related research areas of knowledge co-production and boundary spanning assessment related to climate change in Alaska.

• Post-Doctoral Research Position - Climate Change and Knowledge Co-Production

Questions about the position should be directed to Sarah Trainor (Sarah.Trainor@alaska.edu).

The EPSCoR Boreal Fire group is inviting applications for a Ph.D. and Postdoc position with Geophysical Institute (GI) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

• Remote Sensing Graduate Student Assistantship

• GI - REMS Post Doctoral Fellow

For any question about the project please contact Dr. Santosh Panda (skpanda@alaska.edu) or Uma Bhatt
(usbhatt@alaska.edu).