University of Alaska Fairbanks

Landing an umiak at Point Hope in 1940, Photo by F. Rainey

General Information Currently Available:

• Graduate Student Manual Online
• For Prospective Students
• Student theses 1968 - 2000
• International Arctic Social Sciences Association (Secretariat in moving soon)
• Department Home Page
• Please contact us if you have any questions.

Important Requirements and Guidelines

• MA program requirements
• PhD program requirements
• Guidelines and timelines for MA requirements - plan ahead !
• Institutional Review of Projects Involving Human Subjects (link to UAF requirements)
• Ethical Principles - American Anthropological Association, Principles of Professional Responsibility
• Ethical Principles - International Arctic Socical Sciences Association

Festival Shamanic Tree, Ysaakh Festival 2000 Sakha Republic

Funding Opportunities

• Alaska Anthropological Association Scholarships, Annual Deadline Feb. 15
• Geist Fund
• Ruth Croxton Scholarship
• Robert L. and Virginia R. Rausch Scholarship (Feb. 27)
• Austin Cooley Talent Grant (Feb. 27)
• Howard Adams Memorial Scholarship (Feb. 27)

• Thesis Completion Fellowships
• Regional Resilience and Adaptation Program (IGERT)

• National Funding Opportunities (list at U Chicago)