News from the Polar Academy
Annual Meeting 2021
The Board welcome all Academy members, both individual and institutional, to this years annual meeting.
Call for nominations of new members to the Academy 2021
The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (NVP) welcome nominations of new Academy members in 2021.
Mohn Prize 2022 - Call for nominations
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Academia Borealis – The Academy of Sciences and Letters of Northern Norway, and Tromsø Research Foundation welcome nominations for The International Mohn Prize for Outstanding Research Related to the Arctic (The Mohn Prize).
The 2021 International Summer School is cancelled and postponed to 2022
It is with a heavy heart that the Academy Board has decided to cancel the NVP International Summer School 2021 and postpone to summer 2022.
Strategy 2021-2025
It is a great pleasure to introduce the Norwegian Academy for Polar Research Strategy 2021 – 2025.
Invitation to join on April 28, 2021 the B2BI North Atlantic—Arctic Science Initiative Seminar Series
Fisheries and other human activities – inclusive processes, expertise and evidence provided in the North East Atlantic, and adjacent seas.
Announcement of chosen topics 2021
We are happy to announce that our call for “topic areas where NVP may have a positive impact in the coming year” resulted in a total of ten proposals.
Member and stakeholder survey 2021
The new Academy Strategy 2021-2025 (to be formally accepted by the Board this spring), calls for deeper member involvement in the Academy’s activities.
Daily reports from the GoNorth Expeditions
The GoNorth consortium has proposed a wide-ranging and cross-disciplinary program to acquire new and essential knowledge about the oceanic areas, from the sea floor and subsea geology, through the water column, to the surface sea ice. Education will be an important part of the program.
The reports are published in Norwegian.