European research teams are offered free access (including travel) to the Ny-Ålesund Research Infrastructure in Svalbard, Norway. This is part of the Transnational Access Programme of the European Community FP6.Scientific research proposals within all fields of Arctic environmental research, specifically within the following disciplines are invited:
- Geodesy and space geodesy
- Climate research in the troposphere and stratosphere
- Surface phenomena, snow and ice
- Air quality research and arctic pollution
- Marine and terrestrial biology
- Multidisciplinary environmental sciences
Please go to the programme’s website at: http://arcfac.npolar.no for details (eligibility criteria, application forms, deadlines, content of scientific project proposals, terms of access and funding etc.). Proposals should be submitted directly via the website (preferable) or by e-mail (arcfac@npolar.no).
The submission deadline: 30 September 2009.
Please note this is the last Call for Proposals within this programme. Therefore all the fieldwork in Ny-Ålesund has to be fulfilled in 2010 and not beyond.
Contact: ARCFAC Secretariat, Norwegian Polar Institute, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Phone: +47 7902 2611; Fax: + 47 7902 2604; Email: arcfac@npolar.no