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.