Facts about the call:

The main aim of the call is to support research collaboration among participating countries in the Arctic region to bring forward new knowledge on how to ensure the sustainable development of the Arctic.

The call has a total budget of up to 190 million NOK for Nordic partners, specific funds are available to Canadian and US partners. Greenland Research Council has contributed with 2.5 mil. DKK. The amount of funding that may be sought for Nordic partners in a project consortium is 18-24 million NOK. The programme is organised as a real common pot which allow researchers from the Nordic countries to apply on equal terms irrespective of their national contribution to the call budget. Specific guidelines for Canadian and US partners apply. Please find the full call text on the Nordforsk website for detailed information.

The call has no thematic priorities, but three keywords can inspire applicants when developing their research ideas into proposals: Security, Natural Resources, and/or Societal Changes. In addition, the following aims are central to the call: Interdisciplinarity, Sustainable Development, Arctic Added Value, Indigenous Perspectives.

The development and launch of the call is a collaborative effort between the Research Council of Norway, the Research Council of Finland, the Swedish Research Council, the Independent Research Fund Denmark, the Research Council Faroe Islands, the Greenland Research Council, the Icelandic Centre for Research, with funding from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, the U.S. National Science Foundation (USA), the Canada Research Coordinating Committee (Canada), and NordForsk.