Sustainable Development of the Arctic; Call for pre-proposals

The Nordic countries have teamed up with Canada and the USA to launch a NordForsk call on the sustainable development of the Arctic. The call is two-stage, and the deadline for pre-proposals is 4 June 2024.

Aims of 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 objective is to jointly fund interdisciplinary research projects of the 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 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

International project partners

All project consortia must include partners from research-performing organisations in at least three Nordic countries.

If the project owner is a research organisation in the USA or Canada, the project must appoint a co-host organisation from one of the Nordic countries with which NordForsk enters into a contract concerning the Nordic part of the project.