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The Nordic countries and NordForsk are investing a total of NOK 112 million in four new, interdisciplinary Nordic Centres of Excellence.

Denmark, Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, together with NordForsk, have chosen to strengthen Nordic research on Arctic issues by establishing four new Nordic Centres of Excellence under the programme Responsible Development of the Arctic: Opportunities and Challenges - Pathways to Action. In all, 34 applications were received, and based on the assessments of an external international panel of experts and the recommendations of the programme committee of the Arctic programme, the NordForsk Board has decided to fund the following four new centres:

The new Nordic Centres of Excellence in Arctic research can launch their activities in spring 2016 and will run for five years.

Marianne Røgeberg, Head of Arctic Affairs at NordForsk, says, “I am extremely pleased that we can establish these four new Nordic Centres of Excellence, all of which take a multidisciplinary approach to the issues they address. NordForsk will do everything it can to provide the best, most flexible conditions possible. The centres have been selected on the basis of the quality of their research, and it is very gratifying to see that all the Nordic countries, including Greenland, are participating in the projects – particularly since all of the countries have contributed funding to the programme’s common pot.”

All 34 applicants have been notified directly by email regarding the outcome of the funding process.

Source: NORDFORSK