The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges will shortly be inviting proposals for its H2020-BG-2016 call for blue growth – demonstrating an ocean of opportunities. The call will open on 27 October 2015, and the anticipated closing time is 17 February 2016.

Under the sky of the beautiful Reykjavik, University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law, together with one of its main partners, Polar Law Network, organized a panel on Arctic Governance as one of the breakout sessions of the Arctic Circle.

Importance of Arctic research grows across the globe, so does the number of projects to be financially supported. Traditional funding opportunities, like grants and fellowships, hardly can keep pace with this increasing demand. The web platform Instrumentl brings together new and exciting ways to fund research and fuel the ne...

Gerald Anderson, UArctic's new Vice-President Indigenous from Memorial University of Newfoundland, is well-known throughout Newfoundland and Labrador and across Canada for his work with Aboriginal Peoples in the education sector.

Botnia-Atlantica invites applications for its call for project proposals. The projects aim at increasing integration and co-operation in the Botnia-Atlantica area. The deadline for this call is 5 February 2016.

Interreg IV A North invites applications for their project grants. These aim to promote cooperation and development across borders in northern Sweden, Finland and Norway. In the current round, the two regions Nord and Sápmi have priority. The deadline is 1 February 2016.

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s Erasmus+ programme invites applications for its strategic partnerships in the field of education and training. Deadline for this call is 31 March 2016.

The EU's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s Erasmus+ programme invites applications for its knowledge alliances action. This aims to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity and foster innovation in higher education, business and the broader socio-economic environment. The deadline is 26 February 2016.

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s Erasmus+ programme invites applications for its strategic partnerships in the field of youth. The deadline is 2 February 2016.

The EU's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency’s Erasmus+ programme invites applications for its capacity building in the field of youth action. This aims to increase the capacity of organisations through the implementation of transnational capacity-building and mobility activities. The deadline is 2 February 2016.

We invite proposals for organizing scientific sessions for the UArctic Congress 2016, 12-16 September, Saint Petersburg, Russia. The call is open until 31 October 2015.

The ICE LAW project seeks to query legal options for the governance of ice in the polar regions. The Ice Law Project is an interdisciplinary project sponsored by IBRU: Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research and the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law.

Petrozavodsk State University scientists during the experiment with rats found that white nights can cause obesity and other diseases.

On December 16 researchers from Ural Federal University will start the first meteorite expedition to the Antarctic in the history of modern Russia. The expedition team plans to find meteorites and dust from Mars and the Moon in the South Pole. 

Recently, twelve reindeer husbandry youth were granted UArctic Scholarships through the UArctic EALAT Institute. [Source]