Polar Research programme - call 2015
Informations
- Total budget
- 8,241,000 EUR
- Start date
- 1/1/2015
- Fundings
- -
- End date
- 12/31/2015
Description
Norwegian interests in the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as national and international commitments, means that we have a particular responsibility to promote knowledge that is necessary to exercise a sound management and business activity in the polar regions. The Polar Research Programme is the Research Council’s most important funding instrument for achieving wide-ranging, high-quality Norwegian polar research. The Polar Research Programme (POLARPROG) will help to fulfil Norway’s special responsibility to generate new research-based knowledge in and about the polar regions. Such knowledge is essential both for enhancing our understanding of the climate system and ecosystems, and in the context of policy implementation, responsible resource management and industrial activity. The activities of POLARPROG are divided into three thematic priority areas: A changing climate and an environment under pressure is targeted towards enhancing understanding of processes that govern climate and environmental change in the polar regions, and of their impacts on the natural environment and society. Natural resources and industrial activity is targeted towards developing a basis for sustainable, knowledge-based industrial and social development in the polar regions. Policy and management is aimed at generating results that promote sustainable, knowledge-based environmental and resource management and policy development. The POLARPROG encompasses the full spectrum of Norwegian polar research Important overarching priorities for POLARPROG include increasing international cooperation, promoting sharing and use of research infrastructure and data, recruitment of a new generation of polar researchers and dissemination of research results to relevant target groups. The programme primarily targets Norwegian research institutes, universities, university colleges and other research environments, in addition to relevant actors in the private and public sectors. The programme will encompass basic research, applied research and innovation of relevance to the polar regions. Key users of the programme’s research findings will include researchers in other fields, the public administration, trade and industry, and the general public. The POLARPROG is an open-ended programme, with no fixed conclusion date. This work programme will be evaluated underway and revised as needed.
Funding agencies
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Research Council Of Norway | Lead Funder | - | - | 8,241,000 EUR |