Joint Nordic call for interdisciplinary research proposals on Sustainable Development of the Arctic

Read more about the call on NordForsk’s website here.

For several years, the Arctic region has 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.

Independent Research Fund Denmark, several other Nordic and North American research funds and NordForsk fund the call for proprosals on Sustainable Development of the Arctic. The call’s aim is to fund research projects that are 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.

Consortia of researchers from Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway and Sweden as well as Canada and the US can apply as research consortia. The Nordic partners can apply for up to 18-20 million NOK, specific funds are available to Canadian and US partners. The consortia must comprise research institutions from at least three Nordic Countries.

Research across two areas of science

The interdisciplinary research projects must encompass 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 & 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 when relevant.

Two-stage call

The call has two stages. In the first phase, it will be possible to submit pre-proposals until 4 June 2024.

Applications who score above the threshold will receive an invitation to submit a full proposal.

As a part of the political agreements of 28 February 2023 on the distribution of the research reserve in 2023, Denmark has allocated 29,3 million DKK to the programme.

Please read the full call text on NordForsk’s website here.

Webinar

Nordforsk hosts a call webinar 19 March at 15.00-16-00.

Find the link for the NordForsk webinar here.

Contact NordForsk

Please direct questions regarding the call to NordForsk.

Responsible adviser (NordForsk)
Kristin Andersen
Kristin.andersen@nordforsk.org
+4790581647

Technical support
support@nordforsk.org

Contact DFF

If you have specific questions to DFF please contact dff_international@ufm.dk.