The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI), in collaboration with the Greenland Research Council (NIS), is launching a call for interest for a new funding opportunity, the Konrad Steffen Grant.
In memory of Konrad Steffen, one of the founders of the Swiss Polar Institute and its first Scientific Director, the Konrad Steffen Grant (KSG) builds on his legacy of collaborative research between researchers based in Switzerland and Greenland on environmental change in Greenland.
Funding will be available for up to two projects up to 50.000 CHF in total, approx. 350.000 DKK.
The KSG will provide seed money for collaborative research on the topic of Natural Hazards in Greenland. Projects will be selected according to the process outlined below. Through these initial projects we hope to foster exchange of expertise, networking, and future collaboration opportunities between Swiss and Greenlandic researchers to address some of the big challenges ahead related to natural hazards in Greenland.
Workshop
A two-day workshop will be held in Nuuk from 7 to 9 March 2022 to bring Swiss and Greenlandic scientists together and define the projects to be funded. The workshop is not intended to be competitive but rather a platform to maximize the opportunity for networking and allow the bottom-up collaborative development of projects with the most effective spread of available funding. The in-person workshop will result in a concise description of the projects including timeline and budget.
Participation will be restricted to 10-12 Swiss and Greenlandic scientists each. All travel costs for Swiss participants will be covered.
If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please fill in this form before 15 February 2022.
