Goal 1
Serve as a world leader in Arctic research and related graduate education
°®ÎÛ´«Ã½ must continue to build upon its research strengths in order to function as a center of excellence in northern research and related graduate education. Emphasis on interdisciplinary research and scholarship bringing the various °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ departments and research institutes closer together will position the University to respond to emerging state, national and international research opportunities. To secure leadership in arctic research by the year 2005 °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ will undertake the following strategies:
- Continue the development of °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ as a center of excellence specializing in arctic and
subarctic research.
- Develop both basic and applied research programs and projects and emphasize interdisciplinary scholarship that will provide an understanding of the problems and issues of northern regions and their populations.
- Develop research collaboration among appropriate urban and rural UA campuses and units (e.g., EPSCoR, COBRE, Title III, INPSYCH).
- Collaborate with Alaska Natives and northern nations to develop research programs specific to northern issues.
- Improve and maintain the infrastructure for scientific research at UAF, to include state-of-the-art facilities, equipment, computing resources and computer networking.
- Increase the capacity to train graduate students in disciplines related to northern
issues and educate them to play leading roles in tomorrow's society.
- Strengthen and selectively expand graduate programs related to research strengths and northern issues, particularly at the Ph.D. level.
- Increase resources for graduate fellowship programs to include more students and provide for additional disciplines and interdisciplinary study.
- Utilize preeminence in arctic research to enhance the undergraduate experience.