The Greenland Research Council has awarded funding for 8 research groups through the Research Promotion Grants Program, a program that aims to strengthen community-centered and transdisciplinary research.
Published 17 May 2023.
The 8 awardees will pursue ambitious research that address a diverse array of topics such as the underlying causes of phenotypic plasticity in polar cod, strength-based approaches to suicide prevention, and how nutrient and carbon runoff from land to fjord can help us predict the impact of climate change on marine ecosystems.
– It is always a very special occasion when we announce the Research Promotion Grant recipients because in this program, we see so many excellent research initiatives that contribute to realizing and solving the potentials and challenges we face as a society, says chairman of the Greenland Research Council Josephine Nymand.
Read about all the projects here.
Key figures of the Research Promotion Grants Program 2023
By the application deadline, on 1 March 2023, the council had received 24 applications.
The total budget for all applications was just below DKK 11.6 million, of which researchers applied for support from the Research Promotion Program totaling DKK 3.4 million with a funding limit of DKK 250,000 per application.
The number of female applicants was 11, and 4 grants were awarded to women which gives a success rate of 36 %. For male applicants, the success rate is 31% with 13 applications and 4 grants.
Focus on local anchoring of research and multi-partner cooperation
Greenland Research Council stated in the 2023 call for Research Promotion Grant proposals, that the council is working to promote community-centered research that contributes to capacity building in Greenland.
– Greenland Research Council does a great deal of work to ensure that the research carried out in the country derives from local needs and research priorities. That is why we place high demands on projects regarding social responsibility, ethical considerations, capacity building, and not least local cooperation and presence, says chair of the Greenland Research Council Josephine Nymand.
She adds:
– It is also with great pleasure that we are awarding 3 relatively larger grants of DKK 250,000 each, supporting projects that are carried out in cooperation between several different institutions and partners. By designing funding programs that emphasize multi-partner cooperation, we wish to take part in promoting transdisciplinarity to cultivate holistic approaches, break down organizational silos, and ensure greater synergies and impact.
The following have received grants:
- Arnârak Patricia Bloch, Scientific Assistant, Center for Public Health in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, “Qualitative study on coping resources of people who have survived suicidal thoughts/suicide attempts and are thriving today”. Granted: DKK 100,000.
Other participants and affiliated institutions: Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Professor, Center for Public Health in Greenland, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark; Paarisa; and Avannaata Municipality. - Caroline Bouchard, Senior Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, “Black or white? Underlying causes of phenotypic plasticity in polar cod”. Granted: DKK 70,000.
Other participants and affiliated institutions: Denis Roy, Professor, McGill University; Henrik Christiansen, Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Patrick Farnole, PhD candidate, Uummannaq Polar Institute; Uummannaq Children’s Home; Uummannaq fishermen and fish factories. - Cecilie With, Research Assistant, Steno Diabetes Center Greenland, “The effect of exercise training on glucose tolerance in Greenlandic TBC1D4 loss-of-function mutation carriers”. Granted: DKK 100,000.
Other participants and affiliated institutions: Professor Jørgen Wojtazewski, Head of Section, August Krogh Section for Molecular Physiology, Department of Sports and Nutrition, University of Copenhagen; and Professor Marit Eika Jørgensen, Senior Physician, Steno Diabetes Center Greenland. - Flemming Merkel, Senior Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, “Population development and influence of local climatic conditions on Greenland’s thick-billed murre”. Granted: DKK 100,000.
Other participants and affiliated institutions: Aili Labansen, Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Morten Frederiksen, Senior Researcher, Aarhus University; Nicholas Huffeldt, Postdoc, Lund University; Ryan Long, Assistant Professor, University of Idaho; Allan Kristensen, climbing consultant; Per Nukaaraq Hansen, local data collector; Finn Pedersen, local data collector; and Kasim Virk, local data collector. - Lorenz Meire, Senior Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, “Angalasinnaavunga?”. Granted: DKK 70,000.
Other participants: John Mortensen, Senior Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. - Majken Djurhuus Poulsen, Researcher, GEUS Nuuk, “Geochemical and mineralogical fingerprint of soapstone from Greenland”. Granted: DKK 250,000.
Other participants and affiliated institutions: Christian Koch Madsen, Deputy Head, Greenland National Museum & Archives; Humming Keulen , Senior Researcher, GEUS Copenhagen; Martin Appelt, Senior Researcher, National Museum of Denmark; and Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir Beck, Postdoc., Geoarchaeologist, Institute of Archaeology, University of Iceland. - Renato Colucci, Research Scientist, Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, “LOGS – Local Glaciers Sisimiut”. Granted: DKK 246,000.
Other participants and affiliated Institutions: Marco Marcer, Postdoc, Arctic DTU Sisimiut; Costanza Del Gobbo, Research Fellow, National Research Council of Italy; Greenland Winter Warning Association; GEUS; Nukissiorfiit. - Thomas Juul-Pedersen, Senior Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, “Tracking nutrients and carbon from land to lake to fjord (LAND2FJORD)”. Granted: DKK 248,750.
Other participants and affiliated institutions: Ida B. Dyrholm Jacobsen, Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Tobias Vonnahme, Postdoc, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Katrine Raundrup, Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Efrén López-Blanco, Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Lorenz Meire, Senior Researcher, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Karoline Nordberg Nilsson, AC, Asiaq – Greenland Survey; Dorthe Petersen, AC Senior, Asiaq – Greenland Survey; Kirsty Langley, AC Senior, Asiaq – Greenland Survey.
More information:
Secretary Maliina Jensen, Greenland Research Council, tel.: 361200/222090, email: info@nis.gl
Josephine Nymand, Chair of the Greenland Research Council, tel.: 361234, email: jony@natur.gl
