The European Commission Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges is now inviting proposals, under the secure, clean and efficient energy work programme, for its H2020-LCE-2016-2017 competitive low-carbon energy call.

The Russian North Youth Forum of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON) has been held on December 3-8, 2015. [Source, in Russian]

The three-year international project "Management of small and medium-sized enterprises in the North", implemented by the cognominal UArctic Thematic Network was completed 2015. 

Northern State Medical University and innovation center “Skolkovo” organized presentations of innovative projects; one of projects presented was "ExoAthlete". It’s aimed at development of exoskeleton – one of new technical rehabilitation means.

The first Arctic Student Forum, to be held 25–29 January 2016, will gather students from around the world in Tromsø, Norway. If you are interested in the Arctic, apply now! Deadline: 20 December.

Siberian Federal University hosted the Scientific Conference «New Horizons for Development of the Krasnoyarsk North and «Window of Possibilities» for the Indigenous Peoples of the North» on November 27, 2015.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University hosted the III International Belomorskiy Students Forum. The Forum gathered over 250 young people from 6 countries and 14 Russian cities. The main Forum’s idea is to promote the Barents Region to the young representatives from all over Russia and abroad as a successful model of cross-borde...

The Northern Liaison Officer at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, Sheila Downer received the appointment during the recent UArctic Board of Governors meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland.

UArctic brought its personnel from different offices for the meeting, held on November 29-30 in Pyhä, Finland.

The North-Eastern Federal University held a meeting of the UArctic thematic networks leaders from educational centers in the USA, Japan, Finland, Norway and Russia in November 2015.

UArctic Days aim to promote University of the Arctic for its member organisations in order to encourage students and faculty to participate in research and education activities. During November 2015, UArctic Road Trip visited the Universities of Tampere and Helsinki, Finland.

The University Center in Svalbard (UNIS) will receive NOK 7 million over the next three years to establish a new centre for Arctic Safety in Longyearbyen.

Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, author and executive editor of the publication, Professor of the UiT- Arctic University of Norway, presented a book “Environmental and Human Security in the Arctic” at NEFU Scientific Library.

UArctic PhD and Masters Programme "Arctic Extractive Industries", course in Mirnyi, Yakutia, 16-21 February 2016. The application deadline for the course: 5th December, 2015.

The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) is hosting UNFCCC COP21 Side Event, together with the Nordic partners from Aarhus University, Umeå University, Univesity of Iceland and University of Lapland.