The Nordic Council of Ministers’ (NCM) Terrestrial Ecosystem Group invites applications for its Call for projects. The main objective is to curb negative trends in biodiversity, maintain robust ecosystems and continue to deliver the ecosystem services necessary for welfare and economic growth. The deadline is 15 June 2016.

The Directorate-General for the Environment will shortly be inviting applications for its traditional projects on climate change adaptation, under the LIFE programme. The call is expected to open during the second half of May with an expected closing date on 7 September 2016.

The Department of Child Welfare and Social Work at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway (campus Alta) had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation of 10 students and two teachers from Murmansk Arctic State University (MASU) for the participation in a joint intensive course "Social Work with Children and Youth in the Barents...

 The Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), located in Busan, Republic of Korea, launched its 1st Korea Arctic Academy (KAA) with 30 international and Korean students in 2015, and is currently getting ready to host the Academy again this year.

Carolyn Kozak, a master's student in Arctic and Northern studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, participated in the Model Arctic Council held during the Arctic Science Summit Week in March 2016. She was also recently appointed as one of the six new UArctic Student Ambassadors.

Linguists of Tomsk State University (Russia) in collaboration with colleagues from Finland (University of Turku) and Norway (Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology) launched a project aimed at establishing academic and scientific cooperation in the field of experimental linguistics.

NordForsk, Nordic Innovation and Nordic Energy Research joined forces and launched a call for proposals on the Nordic Green Growth Research and Innovation Programme. The deadline for this call is 16 August 2016.

Institute of Economics, Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences invites you to take part in the International Conference «Perspectives of socio-economic development of border regions» in Petrozavodsk (Russia) in June 9-10, 2016. 

Five years ago the first diploma of MA Circumpolar Health and Well-being was awarded by the University of Oulu and under the auspices of UArctic. It went to Anastasia Emelyanova, a student from the very North of Russia, Arkhangelsk, with a background in social sciences.

The project "Bridging the cooperation gap – Nordic-Russian Network for International Relations in Higher Education" was financially supported by the SIU program of Nordic-Russian cooperation in December 2015.

As parts of a specialization in Greenlandic Health and Environment of the Arctic, five courses on Arctic subjects are offered by the during the 3rd and 4th quarters of 2016. Courses will take place in Nuuk, Greenland. A limited number of places is available. Application deadline: May 1, 2016.

80 years ago, Hokkaido University professor, Ukichiro Nakaya, created the world’s first artificial snowflake. Nakaya referred to snowflakes as ‘letters from the sky’ since their tumbling descent brought information about the conditions in the upper atmosphere. This research on glaciology marked the start of Hokkaido Universit...

Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Arkhangelsk, Russia) invites you to the 8th Summer School of the Russian Language and Culture in Arkhangelsk, June 13-27, 2016.

The Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation announced an open grant competition for the international scientists cooperating with Russian institutions of higher education, scientific research organizations and governmental research centers of the Russian Federation.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Permafrost/Natural Hazards offers an International Permafrost/Natural Hazards Summer Field School (5 ECTS) in Yakutia, 1-20 August 2016. The course welcomes senior bachelor and graduate students. Application deadline is 15 April 2016.