Community-driven research on marine harvested and farmed species
Interface of Change is the sixth phase of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ NSF EPSCoR. A $20-million award from the National Science Foundation funds this statewide, five-year project to build capacity for co-developed, use-inspired research across the Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ.

Resilience in the Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ
Interface of Change centers partnerships between researchers, Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ community members, Tribes, educators, and entrepreneurs. Through these connections, project participants work collaboratively to investigate the resilience of marine species that are critical to the subsistence way of life as well as developments in the mariculture economy in the Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ.
Partnering with Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ coastal communities
Interface of Change brings together researchers from the University of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Anchorage, University of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Fairbanks, and the Univerisity of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Southeast in partnership with Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ community members from Seldovia, Halibut Cove, ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµr, Cordova, Valdez, Juneau, Haines and Klukwan.
Annual Community Participation Workshops
The Interface of Change project is founded upon the goal of producing science that
is relevant and useful to ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµns living in coastal communities around the Gulf of
ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ. Our Annual Community Participation Workshops are meant to invite community
members to connect with our research team and offer perspective and feedback on the
project.
The goals of these annual workshops are to:
- Build collaborations
- Identify environmental stressors & potential adaptation solutions
- Identify locally-relevant research questions
Research Areas

Northern Gulf of ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ
Seldovia, Halibut Cove, and ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµr
Building STEM Capacity for ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµns