Fri, Feb 08, 2008
Call for Proposals: European Centre for Arctic Environmental Research Ny-Ålesund RI, Svalbard, Norway
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.
We invite scientific research proposals within all fields of Arctic environmental research, specifically within the following disciplines:
- Marine and terrestrial biology
- Climate research in the troposphere and stratosphere
- Surface phenomena, snow and ice
- Geodesy and space geodesy
- Air quality research and arctic pollution
- 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 deadlines each year are: 31 March and 30 September (last round of the proposal submission: 31 March 2010).
Contact: ARCFAC Secretariat, Norwegian Polar Institute, N-9171 Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Phone: +47 7902 2611; Fax: + 47 7902 2604; Email: arcfac@npolar.no