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Background The Arctic region has for several years undergone rapid changes with far-reaching and profound consequences on many areas and continues to do so. A key driver for this is the climate change, which is happening faster in the Arctic region than in the rest of the world, with a temperature rise that is three to four times higher than the global average. The climate change has a direct and significant impact on the ecosystems, the local communities, and the traditional ways of living. The declining Arctic Sea ice has moreover opened new transport routes, new and wider opportunities for resource extraction and generally resulted in an increased international interest in the region. Other drivers of change, sometimes reinforced by the climate change, are technology development, migration, tourism, demographic changes, and changes in the geopolitical situation. International relations, strategies and security issues involving both Arctic and non-Arctic states are of high importance, as is how cooperation may develop in the Arctic region and across the national borders. Aims of the call The 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 sustainable development of the Arctic. The objective of the call is to jointly fund interdisciplinary research projects of highest international quality, with potential for impact and societal relevance, and with clear added value from multilateral collaboration. The call has no thematic priorities, but three keywords can inspire the applicants when developing their research ideas into proposals: Security, Natural Resources and/or Societal Changes.
End Date28 Nov 2024 Funding AmountUp to NOK 200 million Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderNordForsk
Grant
NordForsk
The Arctic region has for several years undergone rapid changes with far-reaching and profound consequences on many areas and continues to do so. A key driver for this is the climate change, which is happening faster in the Arctic region than in the rest of the world, with a temperature rise that is three to four times higher than the global average. The climate change has a direct and significant impact on the ecosystems, the local communities, and the traditional ways of living. The declining Arctic Sea ice has moreover opened new transport routes, new and wider opportunities for resource extraction and generally resulted in an increased international interest in the region. Other drivers of change, sometimes reinforced by the climate change, are technology development, migration, tourism, demographic changes, and changes in the geopolitical situation. International relations, strategies and security issues involving both Arctic and non-Arctic states are of high importance, as is how cooperation may develop in the Arctic region and across the national borders.
Aims of the call
The 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 sustainable development of the Arctic. The objective of the call is to jointly fund interdisciplinary research projects of highest international quality, with potential for impact and societal relevance, and with clear added value from multilateral collaboration. The call has no thematic priorities, but three keywords can inspire the applicants when developing their research ideas into proposals: Security, Natural Resources and/or Societal Changes.
• Only invited applicants are eligible to receive funding from this call
• The project described in the full proposal must be the same project as described in the pre-proposals, there cannot be substantial changes from the respective pre-proposal.
• The proposal must address at least two of the three areas of science as used by the European Research Council: Life science; Physical Sciences & Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities.
• Proposals must be submitted electronically through NordForsk Call and Application Portal by the call deadline, by invited applicants only.
• The proposal must be written in English.
• The described research project must include partners from research performing organisations* in at least three Nordic countries.
• The proposal must include a signed Letter of Commitment from each partner institution. Letters of Commitment must be signed by a person authorized to take on financial commitments on behalf of the institution for the entire duration of the project.
• The host institution (Project Owner) for the research project must be established research performing organisation based in one of the countries contributing to the call. PIs from USA and Canada must be eligible to receive funding from NSF or SSHRC, respectively (see Annex 1).
• If the project owner is a research institution in USA or Canada, the project must also have a co-host institution in one of the Nordic countries which NordForsk enters into contract with concerning the Nordic part of the project. A Co-PI must be appointed from the co-host institution and will serve as NordForsk’s contact point.
• The project leader and Co-PI must be qualified researchers employed by the host institution (Project Owner).
• A researcher may only serve as project leader for one proposal under this call. However, research institutions may be affiliated with more than one proposal.
• Researchers and research groups must be based at a research performing organisation.
• USA and Canadian applicants and project participants must comply with national rules (see Annex 1).
