The applicant pool includes project leaders from nine different countries: Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Norway, Sweden and USA.
The first stage of the call had a deadline of 4 June 2024, and since then 70 external experts have read the applications and given a total of 842 assessments of the applications.
Kristin Andersen is Special Advisor at NordForsk and responsible for the Arctic call. She says:
“We are very pleased to see so many applications and that as many as nine countries are represented from across the Nordic region, Canada and America. This shows the great relevance of the theme for the entire Arctic region. We also see that there is great breadth in the themes addressed by the applications. Climate change is a theme in many of the applications, and the problem is approached from many different angles. Indigenous perspectives and locally rooted projects and solutions are central to almost all the applications. Arctic communities and the various changes they face are also a key research theme.”
The second round is underway
The 36 applicants have now been notified that they are welcome to apply for the second round of the call and the application portal is ready to receive applications. It is expected that approximately eight projects will be funded.
Budget and funding
- Available Budget for Nordic partners: Up to NOK 200 million
- Amount of funding that may be sought to Nordic partners in a project: 18-24 million NOK
- Available Budget for Canadian partners: Up to CAD 20 million
- Amount that may be sought to Canadian partners in a project: 2.5-4 million CAD
Amount that may be sought to US partners in a project: USD $200 000 / project from a specific NSF Program - The USA funding allocated to the call is not a fixed sum, a decision will be made for proposals on the short list with US partners.
This second stage of the two stage call is announced as a collaborative effort between Research Council of Norway, Research Council of Finland, Independent Research Fund Denmark, Research Council Faroe Islands, Swedish Research Council (VR) and Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), Greenland Research Council, Icelandic Centre for Research with funding from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, National Science Foundation (USA), Canada Research Coordinating Committee (Canada), and NordForsk.
Read more about second phase and the call here: Call for full proposals under the Nordic joint call “Sustainable Development of the Arctic”.
