The Arctic Co-operation Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers has opened up its call for project applications for financial support in 2015 to new project proposals as well as for the continuation of existing projects.The deadline for applications is January 23, 2015.

Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) announces a call for projects on organization of Russian and international youth scientific events in 2015. Application deadline: 14 August 2015.

The Thematic Network on Social Work is one of the most active ones in UArctic. A representative of the Thematic Network Lydia Kriulya met with the UArctic Research Office to share her cooperation experiences.

The international conference "Arctic, Subarctic: Mosaic, Contrast, Variability of the Cryosphere" will be held on 2-5 July 2015 in Tyumen, Russia. The conference is organized by Tyumen State Oil and Gas University and Tyumen Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The Fulbright Arctic Initiative will bring together a network of scholars, professionals and researchers from the Arctic states for a series of three seminar meetings and a Fulbright exchange experience. Participate in two program overview webinars in December 2014, and apply by February 2015!

NordForsk announces a new call for Nordic Centres of Excellence in Arctic Research. Application deadline: 4 March 2015.

The UArctic Thematic Network on Local and Regional Development and UiT/The Arctic University of Norway has organized a seminar on local business and community development for Avjuvarri Indigenous Region in Kautokeino.

From November 7th to 27th 2014, The UArctic Thematic Network, Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) are hosting the Relate North 2014, Art Heritage and Identity Exhibition at the Riddo Duottar Museum in Kautokeino, Norway.

North Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, Russia, (NEFU named after M.K. Ammosov) is holding a PhD course within the Uarctic Thematic Network Arctic Extractive Industries this week. The workshop is from November 9 to November 15, 2014.

Lill Rastad Bjørst travelled to University of Northern British Columbia, Canada from Aalborg University, Denmark, for a 6 day research exchange.

Grants are available for study, research and professional visit purposes at doctorate, post-doctorate and staff mobility levels. Application deadline is 11 December 2014, 14:00 Finnish time (+2 GMT).

May 27-29, 2015, Roskilde University hosts the Conference on New Narratives of the Postcolonial Arctic, organised by Arctic Encounters – Contemporary Travel/Writing in the European High North (ENCARC)

The US State Department has announced the Fulbright Arctic Initiative, an interdisciplinary collaborative research initiative focused on the Arctic region.

This message comes as an invitation for submissions to an upcoming special issue "Bridging Divides" in October 2015 of the peer-reviewed journal Education in the North, within the theme/s summarised below.

On February 20, 2015, the Arctic Centre / University of Lapland, hosts the Internatioal Conference on “New challenges facing the Arctic ocean and other fragile seas.”