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Arctic T-SLIP Research Proposal Development Workshop
Generating research on landslides and landslide-generated tsunami hazards in Alaska
February 24–25, 2026 | BP Energy Center, Anchorage, Alaska | In-person (selected sessions on Zoom)
We are holding a workshop aimed to help the larger community prepare proposals to the National Science Foundation’s Office Arctic Research Opportunities Large Project Support opportunity via the Arctic T-SLIP planning project. The two-day workshop will allow participants to present and refine the content of their nested Arctic T-SLIP research proposals and to empower them in the next steps.
Registration to the workshop has passed. However, if you are interested in connecting with people who are working on proposal submissions, contact Hig or Anna.
For workshop participants:
If you are a researcher interested in being a Principal Investigator (PI) on a research proposal to NSF, please prepare the following by Friday Feb 13 and send it to Sierra:
- A <2 page proposal summary describing the project (research question, team members, methods, field sites, logistics and/or outreach etc.); and
- A poster (18 by 24 in, landscape, PDF file format) describing your research project idea to help support small-group discussions during the workshop. Visuals (maps, graphics, photos etc.) are encouraged. We will print the poster for you. We can accept the poster up until Friday Feb 20, but no later, if we are to print it for you.
We encourage community leaders to prepare material similar to what we are asking from the PIs (above) to help the “match-making” process during the workshop and, therefore, help identify where and how research projects can be connected to and benefit specific places in Alaska. For example, the poster could include a map of your area and the <2 page word doc describe what research you’d like to see and how you would like to engage/support the research.
Goals of the workshop
- Settle on the general composition of the individual, yet linked, research proposal submissions to NSF Arctic Research Opportunities. This includes a) individual proposal’s research question or hypothesis, approach, and team members (especially those who are budgeted); and b) the connections between individual research proposals and how they complement each other.
- When leaving the workshop, the proposal leads (the PIs) and contributors will have the information they need to start writing their Arctic T-SLIP proposals; and
- Determine when we will together submit all the Arctic T-SLIP proposals (for example, by July 15, 2026, or later).
The workshop is enabled by NSF-ARO awards #2338010, 2338012, and 2338011.
For questions, please contact Anna Liljedahl, aliljedahl@woodwellclimate.org, Bretwood “Hig” Higman, hig314@gmail.com, or workshop planner Sierra Fletcher, sierra@nukaresearch.com.
Webinar Series
We are holding a webinar series this fall on landslide and landslide-generated tsunami hazards research needs. Our goal is to gather people interested in respective topics to create the foundation for one or more nested research proposals to be submitted to NSF Office of Polar programs later in 2026. The webinars will be in panel format and address the following questions:
- What is the exciting fundamental science question for an NSF-OPP proposal? What motivates that question (from a fundamental and applied perspective)?
- What approach/methods do you envision?
- What do you need to build a strong project?
All webinars are on Fridays at 9am AKT/1pm ET (Zoom link). To keep all the Arctic T-SLIP events in your calendar, subscribe to the Arctic T-SLIP Google Calendar.
- October 24, 2025 | Risk Perceptions and Communicating Risk
- with Liesel Ritchie, Susan Vanek, Kristin Timm, & Michael West
- November 7, 2025 | Landslide & Permafrost
- with Noah Finnegan, Louise Farquharson, & Mateusz Strzelecki
- November 14, 2025 | Seismic Landslide Detection
- with Michael West, Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Noah Finnegan, & Ezgi Karasozen
- December 12, 2025 | Tsunami
- with Katy Barnhart, Yong Wei, & Breanyn Macinnes
- January 16, 2026 | Shallow Landslides
- with Nick Mathews, Josh Roering, and Lauren Bell
- January 23, 2026 | Landslide & Glaciers
- with Mylene Jacquemart, Marten Geertsema, Alison Anders, Stephan Gruber, & Martin Truffer
- February 6, 2026 | Landslide physics and deep-seated landslide monitoring
- with John Gilchrist and Alexander Handwerger
Site Visits
Homer Oct 21-22, 2025
The community event at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer will include a 2-day invitation-only workshop for ~40 people, as well as a public evening event to gather input from the larger community on the management of landslide hazards in Homer. For more information, please see the event flier or the City of Homer website.
Seward Oct 23, 2025
The community event at Seward Community Library & Museum will be via a half-day invitation-only workshop, follwed by an evening event open to the public to gather input from the larger community on the management of landslide hazards in Seward. Learn more on the event flier.
Yakutat Oct 27-30, 2025
The Yakutat Landslide Workshops will center on a community-led conversation between local residents, leaders, and scientists focused on understanding local hazards, mitigation strategies, and available resources. The gathering will include open discussions, listening sessions, and collaborative planning aimed at strengthening community resilience and supporting locally driven approaches to hazard management. The event is organized in collaboration with the Ḵutí Geohazards Project. For more information, reach out to Luka.
Cordova Science Night Talk, Nov 4, 2025
As part of the Prince William Sound Science Center’s Tuesday Night Talk series (at the Cordova Center), the event will feature a presentation and community discussion on local hazard awareness, mitigation, and resilience planning. The talk will highlight current research and community-led efforts to better understand and prepare for environmental risks in coastal Alaska, with time for audience questions and conversation. For more information, reach out to Erin.
