17 Arctic co-operation projects funded so far

The Nordic Arctic Co-operation Programme, administered by NAPA and Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland, has so far granted funding to 17 projects this year with a total amount of 7 mio. DKK. 

The Programme aims to promote Nordic co-operation in the Arctic and contribute to increased knowledge about the environment, economy, and social conditions in the region. To receive funding, partners across the Arctic and Nordic Region must present projects to improve the Arctic region focusing on:  

In addition, this development needs to be facilitated through collaborations and partnerships. (PARTNERSHIPS)  

So far, the following projects have been approved for funding from the Nordic Arctic Co-operation Programme this year: 

 

Title 

Lead partner 

Countries involved 

Enhancing
Nordic Geological Mapping of the Seabed (ENIGMAS)
  

Marine
and Freshwater Research Institute, Iceland 

Iceland
(leading partner), Norway, Faroe Islands, Denmark
  

 

Seaweed
Resource for Harvest in Greenland (SeaRcH)
  

 

University of Aarhus, Denmark 

Denmark,
Greenland, Norway, Faroe Islands
  

The
Ikaite columns – past and future, and prospects in a changing Arctic
  

 

Jarvik GeoConsulting, Sweden  

Sweden,
Greenland, Denmark, United Kingdom, Iceland
  

Sisters
in the Arctic Blue Network – Third year
  

 

Natural
Resources Institute, Finland (LUKE)
  

Finland,
Norway, Denmark, Sweden
  

Making
knowledge accessible to the circumpolar community: production of a podcast
series on indigenous knowledge sharing and research in the Circumpolar
Maternal and Child Health group
  

National
Institute of Public Health, Denmark  

Denmark,
Norway, Canada, Greenland
  

Arctic
Healthy Aging communities: Safe and inclusive outdoor environment and public
spaces (The Nordic AHA-Communities
  

University of Oulu, Finland  

Finland, Iceland, Sweden  

Infrastructural
deprivation in the Arctic
  

Ilisimatusarfik, University of
Greenland
  

Greenland, Norway, Finland,
Sweden, Denmark
  

 

Arctic
Peoples’ Conference – A 50th Commemoration
  

 

Inuit Circumpolar Council
Greenland
  

Greenland,
Norway, Sweden, Finland
  

Seals,
Stigma and Survival: Finding Solutions to the EU Stigmatization of Seal
Hunting
  

 

University of Southern Denmark  

Denmark,
Finland, Norway, Canada
  

The
unseen life in soils at Disko Island under climate change
  

 

University of Gothenburg  

Sweden, Denmark, Greenland  

A
sustainable local tourism and food experience
  

 

New
Arctic Kitchen C/O Made of Tales, Denmark
  

Denmark, Norway, Åland, Greenland  

The
Sustainability Portrait Project – Art, location, and social responsibility
for sustainable development in the Arctic
  

 

Ilisimatusarfik, University of
Greenland
  

Greenland, Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Denmark
  

“Your
Story – Our Future” – Defining Arctic Leadership
  

 

Old
Friends Industries/ v Jens Larsen, Denmark
  

Denmark, Greenland,
Norway, Germany
  

Genetic
diversity of fish species in the Arctic ecosystem
  

 

University
of the Faroe Islands
  

Faroe
Islands, Iceland, Norway, Denmark
  

Natur for alle  

Handicaptalsmanden Tilioq,
Sisimiut
  

 

Greenland,
Norway, Denmark
  

CBMP Terrestrial Scoping Process  

 

CAFF International Secretariat  

Iceland,   

Denmark,
Finland, Canada, USA
  

Underwater
Noise in the Arctic: Understanding Impacts and Defining Management Solutions
– Phase II
  

 

The Arctic
Council – PAME working group
  

Iceland,
Norway,
 Denmark,
Greenland, Faroe Islands, Sweden, USA, Canada
  

 

All applicants have been notified of the status of their application. If you still haven’t received news on your application, you are welcome to contact NAPA at napa@napa.gl.  

  

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