Collaborating Biology Faculty at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Kodiak College, Alaska Pacific University, and the University of Washington, Tacoma were awarded a National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) Incubator Grant. The purpose of this one-year incubator grant is to create a sustainable network of biology researchers across the state that will help provide place-based research opportunities for students attending an Alaska university.