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Researchers from Danish research institutions can apply for funding for interdisciplinary research projects on Sustainable Development of the Arctic through a joint Nordic NordForsk call. The plan is to open the call mid-February 2024.
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. Other drivers of change, sometimes reinforced by the climate change, are technology development, migration, tourism, demographic changes, and changes in the geopolitical situation.
In this context, a collaboration among countries in the region on a call for Arctic research is timely and highly prioritised by the Nordic countries demonstrating substantial commitments to the call. We anticipate that the call will open mid-February 2024, and that the submission deadline for the first stage proposals will be mid-May 2024. Available budget is approximately 190 million NOK.
As the titel suggests, it will be a call for research that can contribute to new knowledge for a sustainable development of the Arctic. The research funded must be truly interdisciplinary and excellent, combining and integrating skills from multiple disciplines to contribute with new and groundbreaking knowledge for a sustainable development of the Arctic. Interdisciplinary research projects encompassing research within at least two of the three areas of science as defined by the European Research Council: Life science; Physical Sciences & Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities.
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. It will be required to consider the indigenous perspectives and include them in the research proposals when relevant.
We anticipate that the call will open mid-February 2024, and that the submission deadline for the first stage proposals will be mid-May 2024. Available budget is approximately 190 million NOK.
The call information will be available on the NordForsk website.
See the NordForsk call pre-announcement here.
Visit the Nordforsk website here.
E-mail: dff_international@ufm.dk
December 18, 2023
