Six new Thematic Networks were approved by the Council of UArtic in their 19th meeting held September 2016 in St. Petersburg.

Science Ministers from 25 governments and the European Union gathered at the White House to discuss Arctic research priorities and sign a Joint Statement on increased international collaboration on Arctic science and inclusion of Indigenous peoples in understanding and responding to changes in the Arctic.

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research are pleased to announce that the APECS International Directorate will be hosted by AWI at its research centre in Potsdam, Germany for five years from February 2017.

Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences and Petrozavodsk State University invite you to take part in the VIII Youth Economic Forum “Investments as a resource for the future: new economy – new possibilities”, Petrozavodsk (Russia), November 10-12, 2016

Position to be filled: University Researcher / Postdoctoral Researcher of Arctic Law - Period: 1 December 2016 – 28 February 2019 - Application Deadline: 31 October 2016 (by 13:00)

Nord University annouced two PhD positions connected with a new Nordic Center of Excellence project – CLINF.

The University of Lapland has received a substantial donation as part of its fundraising campaign from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. The donation is one of the largest single donations of the current campaign, and it is targeted towards Arctic education and research.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University will host UArctic Open Days, November 10-11, 2016. Representatives of Russian UArctic members will participate in workshops on Thematic Networks activities and cooperation as well as projects implementation. 

In the end of July from the port of Murmansk (Russia) "The Alter Ego" yacht started the expedition "Open Ocean: Arctic Archipelago - 2016" to North-East protected areas of the Barents Sea.

Northern (Arctic) Federal University held autumn school "Model Arctic Council" (MAC) on September 19-23, 2016. In 2014, a pilot project was carried out on the basis of the same university. This year students themselves organized the autumn school.

Ninth International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences: People and Place (ICASS IX), 8-12 June 2017 - Umeå University, Sweden - Extended Call for Sessions

The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of the Arctic are pleased to announce The Arctic Broadband Forum 2017 to be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, May 8-9, 2017. Proposal deadline: November 15, 2016 - Final program will be ready in February 2017.

A Student Ambassador from the second group Ulunnguaq Markussen, University of Greenland, specializing in Social Science, took part in the annual Student Forum in St. Petersburg held within the UArctic Congress 2016 and shared with her views and thoughts on the event and the Arctic issues.

A joint statement from Ministers of the Arctic States on the occasion of the Arctic Council's 20th anniversary. (Source: http://www.arctic-council.org/index.php/en/our-work2/20th-anniversary/416-20th-anniversary-statement-2)

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our Fellowships and Grants program for the 2017/18 academic year. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2016.