The Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) is now accepting applications for their 2012 summer programs.
June features a day program for students in 7th – 12th grades.
· Math in Science
· The Science of Art
· Robotics
· Forensic Anthropology
· Plant Genetics
· Electric Car Construction
July features a residential program for students in 9th – 12th grade. All students live in the dorms and receive one college credit.
· Archaeology
· Biomedicine
· Civil Engineering
· Cool Vibrations
· Denali Geographic
· Engineering Design
· Extreme Photography
· Fiber and Electronics
· Forensics
· Game Design
· Genetics
· Marine Biology
· Not So Simple Machine
· Radical Math
· Robotics – beginning and advanced
· Smart Circuits
· Sounds of Science
· Sustainable Energy
ASRA has 15 full tuition and travel scholarships for rural Alaska students in the July program courtesy of New York Life and has additional financial assistance for both programs. The deadline for applications is February 29, 2012. Please visit their website for more details. http://www.uaf.edu/asra