Dates: November, 17-19, 2021 Place: Salekhard (for local participants) and online  Organizer: Arctic Research Center (Yamal-Nenets autonomous district, Russia) supported by the Department for External Relations of the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district

The UArctic founders’ endowment fund, the Heal Fund, is created in memory of Bill Heal, the person behind the original idea of UArctic. The fund will initially support bringing students and early-career researchers together, and fostering collaboration across borders.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released the following announcement regarding support for engaging students and the public in polar research.

Murmansk Arctic State University, in cooperation with the Center for Practical Knowledge at Nord University (Bodø, Norway) and the UArctic Law Thematic Network organizes the 9th International Kant/Bakhtin Seminar on October 20-21, 2021. 

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) and its  Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Art and Design (ASAD) are pleased to exhibit the winners of the first annual photo competition "Arctic Polarities". Nine of the award-winning photographs are on display in the exhibition at Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland, until September 30,...

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP) in the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) seek proposals for a Facilitator to manage the Polar Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (Polar STEAM) initiative.

The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) announces their upcoming September webinars.

The Bridging call for preparatory projects is the last call of the NPA 2014-2020, its main purpose is to build a project pipeline for future main projects in the forthcoming NPA 2021-2027 programme. Deadline: 8th October 2021, 12:00 CET.

An NSF-funded postdoctoral assistantship is available at Utah State University. The university seeks a post-doc who is interested in understanding the interactions among the effects of changing climates on vegetation community and ecosystem responses in northern latitudes. 

Up to 10 grants now available for participants in north2north mobility program.

UArctic 20 Years Anniversary Seminar took place in Rovaniemi on September 6, 2021. Big thank you to both those who joined physically and to those who followed the event online.

The UArctic Research Liaison and Thematic Networks Office (University of Oulu) welcomes a new Italian intern this fall.

The Korea Polar Research Institute will hold the 26th International Symposium on Polar Sciences (ISPS2021) online, from September 27 to 29, 2021.

In this set of videos, you’ll get to know the leads of some of our Thematic Networks focusing on Social Sciences in the North.

Online Seminar “Multilevel Governance and Inter-regional Cooperation: Vol.3 – Sustainable regional development, international cooperation and the protection of the Arctic environment” will take place on September 14, 2021 (15:00-17:40 Japan Standard Time, GMT +9).