Deadline: 15-Feb-26
The Nordic Institute in Greenland is accepting applications for the Nordic Arctic Programme to maintain and secure citizens, stability, growth, and prosperity in the Arctic.
Goals
- Goal 1: A socially resilient Arctic
- Together they want to develop attractive and sociably viable civil communities in the Arctic across generations that:
- Increase people-to-people collaboration between local civil communities, indigenous peoples, and children and young people across the Arctic, and create dialogue between citizens and decision makers.
- Enhance physical and mental health, social cohesion and access to welfare services in the Arctic.
- Support Arctic common values with focus on culture, equality, and inclusion
- Together they want to develop attractive and sociably viable civil communities in the Arctic across generations that:
- Goal 2: An economic resilient Arctic
- Together they want to support the development of local business opportunities and sustainable economic growth in the Arctic by supporting initiatives that:
- Cultivate the skills and the workforce of the future with an emphasis on talent development, skills enhancement, education and training.
- Promote innovation and entrepreneurship, focusing on topics such as self-sufficiency, tourism, food production, local food culture and food security.
- Support and strengthen connectivity throughout the Arctic, including better physical and digital infrastructure.
- Together they want to support the development of local business opportunities and sustainable economic growth in the Arctic by supporting initiatives that:
- Goal 3: A climate and environmental resilient Arctic
- Together they promote a green transition and work for a sustainable circular and bio-based economy by supporting initiatives that:
- Develop stable green energy solutions to local communities and business development in the Arctic.
- Enhance biodiversity and promote a sustainable use of wildlife and marine areas.
- Enhance awareness of the impacts of climate and environmental change on nature, infrastructure and living conditions in the Arctic.
- Together they promote a green transition and work for a sustainable circular and bio-based economy by supporting initiatives that:
Funding Information
- You can apply for funding of up to DKK 500,000 per project application.
- The project period can start no earlier than August 1st in the application year and can run to no later than August 1st two years later.
Eligibility Criteria
- Criteria for Co-operations
- The project generates knowledge, results, and partnerships that create innovative approaches to reaching the goal of a sustainable and resilient Arctic.
- The project supports locally rooted co-operations in the Arctic.
- The project creates results that meet one or more of the three goals and nine subgoals in the programme.
- Projects must include partners from at least three Nordic countries (Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, or Åland). This may be supplemented by participants from one or more non-Nordic countries, e.g. the USA or Canada, as long as the leading partner is from one of the Nordic countries.
- The project respects indigenous and local communities’ rights, knowledge, and perspectives in accordance with ethical standards, and international best practice.
- The project results are as widely as possible made accessible to the public in an Arctic framework; results are disseminated and communicated clearly via popular (scientific) mediation i.e. articles, books, documentaries, blogs, social media, presentations on events, or podcasts
For more information, visit The Nordic Institute in Greenland.