The 8th Northern Research Forum (NRF) Open Assembly will merge with the Trans Arctic Agenda and take place in Reykjavik, Iceland on 14-15 October 2015. The theme of 2015 is Engaging Cultural Heritage when Building Resilience. The NRF Open Assembly emphasizes open discussion and the participation of young researchers.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Extractive Industries organizes a PhD course together with the Arctic Energy Summit in Fairbanks, Alaska in September 24-30, 2015. Applications are still accepted for the course.

Implementation of the regional project "Nomadic School", aimed at quality improvement in education and maintenance of traditional lifestyle of indigenous peoples of the North continues in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.

August 7, 2015 the first Youth Forum of Indigenous Peoples of Nanai municipal district took place in the center of Nanai culture, Jari village, Khabarovsk Territory.

The first international field workshop "Methods of Geological Mapping of Sedimentary and Metamorphic Complexes" was held in July 2015 at the Tomsk State University practice base Shira in the Sohochul tract in Khakassia.

Organizers announce extended call for papers for the 12th International ETMU Days conference "Mobile Roots - Rethinking indigenous and transnational ties", held on 22-23 October 2015 at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland. The call for papers and the early bird registration both end on 31 August.

The European Union's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency invites applications for its support for European cooperation projects call. The deadline for this call is 7th of October 2015.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, under the Environment programme, invites letters of inquiry for its energy and climate grants. These aim to ensure that energy is produced and used cleanly and efficiently, with limited impacts on human health and the environment.

Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) scientists propose creating Arctic campus for research groups in the region. Scientific base will be located in cities of Pevek and Anadyr in Chukotka, says the director of the School of Engineering FEFU Alexander Bekker.

Marina Kalinina, UArctic VP Interregional Cooperation, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation at Northern (Arctic) Federal University, tells about its international projects and membership in UArctic

The Tomsk State University’s Faculty of Philology carries out a summer school of intensive Russian language for 30 university students from Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia and India.

The Chair of UArctic's Board of Governors, Brian Rogers of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will attend the conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic (GLACIER), in Anchorage, Alaska from August 30-31, 2015. The conference is organized by the US State Department, and President Obama will also be in attendance.

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is celebrated annually on 9 August. On this day 1992 was organized the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. The holiday emphasizes the richness and variety of indigenous cultures and the contribution they make to the family of nations of the world.

The Polar Yakutia for the first time carried out research on the impact of changes in the native indigenous peoples habitats and the social and cultural situation on the indigenous peoples’ life.

From July 6 to 26, International Summer School "Russian Language and Culture in Siberia" for foreign students was held at NEFU  for the third time. Twelve participants from Palestine, Thailand, Switzerland, France, Japan, Indonesia, Korea studied the Russian language.