The University of the Arctic's Annual Report 2009 is now available online, which provides an overview of major activities and milestones for the organization in the previous calendar year.

Due to technical problems with the abstract submission system we have extended the deadline for submitting abstracts to Tuesday 10 August. Abstracts can be submitted online at http://nordicadaptation2010.net/

PolarTREC (Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating) is currently accepting applications from researchers for the fifth year of teacher research experiences. Researchers are invited to submit an application to host a PolarTREC teacher during the 2011 arctic and/or the 2011/2012 Antarctic field seasons. More inform...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at U.S.organizations to submit proposals to conduct research about the Arctic.Arctic research includes field and modeling studies, data analysis, andsynthesis about the arctic region.

November 25-26, 2010 Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia

3-6 November 2010 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Early registration and abstract submission deadline: Friday, 10 September 2010 For further information, please go to: http://www.eas.ualberta.ca/ipy/index.html

Dozens of university leaders and students from around the Arctic will gather at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Aug. 12-15 for the fourth University of the Arctic Rectors’ Forum.

November 8-10, 2010Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, GermanyAn international workshop to initiate the circumpolar integration of permafrost microbiological studies will take place in Potsdam (Germany) from November 8-10 2010. MicroPerm aims at establishing a research network bringing together e...

ICASS, the International Congress of the Arctic Social Sciences, is held every three years. The seventh congress will be held in Akureyri, Iceland, on June 22-26, 2011. The working title for ICASS VII is Circumpolar Perspectives in Global Dialogue: Social Sciences Beyond the IPY.

The Thematic Network of Social Work has released its July 2010 Newsletter, documenting the group's activities over the past several months. The Newsletter identifies many highlights of the Network, including the introduction of new courses and plans for an upcoming conference. Please view the newsletter here.

The Triple I project consortium, coordinated by the University of Turku, has got EU funding to continue the Erasmus Mundus mobility project with ten Russian and nine other European univresities. This project started in summer 2008, and so far over 450 students and researchers have got scholarships to study and work in one of...

The Board of Trustees of Ilisagvik College, Alaska’s only tribal college, invites applications and nominations for the position of President. Ilisagvik College is a small, locally controlled, public, institution, serving a very rural region of Alaska. It offers an exciting opportunity to work in a multicultural environment w...

The abstract submission deadline for the 2010 Arctic Science Conference has been extended to Monday, 16 August 2010. The meeting, entitled "Water: Integrating Health, Habitat, and Economy," will be held Monday-Wednesday, 13-15 September 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska.

The early registration deadline and due date for abstract submissions for Understanding Circumpolar Ecosystems in a Changing World – Beyond outcomes of IPY is Friday 10 September 2010. The conference/workshop will be held 3-6 November 2010 at the University of Alberta Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The conferen...

Three job openings have become available through the newly established Canadian International Centre for the Arctic Region, a Government of Canada initiative to advance the international dimension of the Government of Canada’s Northern Strategy, a key Departmental priority. The Centre is being hosted at the Canadian Embassy i...