Deadline: 17 October 2019
NordForsk has issued a call under the Nordic-Russian Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Research and encourages research projects with partners in Greenland to apply for funding with an additional fund.
The programme promotes multifaceted contacts in the fields of education and research in the interest of sustainable social and economic development in Russia and the Nordic countries. The programme will fund Nordic-Russian cooperation between educational institutions and research organisations in order to improve the direct links between the institutions and organisations involved, and thereby initiate long-term partnerships.
The objective of the call is to enhance the modes of interaction between research groups and local indigenous communities when designing research projects.
The expected outcome is to provide a feasibility study on how to use scientific, traditional and local knowledge to support traditional local livelihoods in meeting climate and social changes: e.g. handicrafts, berry and mushroom gathering, fisheries, hunting, and reindeer herding and their relation to modern livelihoods in the Arctic.
Funding Information
The maximum amount of Nordic funding that may be sought is NOK 1 million and the maximum amount of Nordic funding for proposals including partners in Greenland is NOK 1.5 million.
Eligibility Criteria
- The application must include partners (research institutions and local indigenous communities) from at least two Nordic countries.
- The applicant must have a Russian co-applicant committed to investing its own resources in the collaboration, and this must be confirmed by a Letter of Support attached to the application.
- Eligible Russian co-applicants:
- Accredited higher education institutions in Russia under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation;
- Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
- Federal research institutes;
- Universities participating in Project 5-100;
- Research organisations receiving Russian public funding;
- Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University.
- Network partners may be research institutes, non-governmental organisations, public agencies, or public and private organisations in the Nordic countries and Russia.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.nordforsk.org/en/news/new-nordic-russian-call-feasibility-study-for-co-production-between-researchers-and-local-indigenous-communities