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Svalbard S cience Forum

Svalbard S cience Forum. SSF work report 40th NySMAC meeting, Helsinki April 7-8 2014. SSF work report . Funding programs Flagship programs SSF workshops Input from NySMAC RiS portal. SSF Funding programs. Arctic Field Grant 2014 87 applications NOK 2,4 million to 50 projects.

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Svalbard S cience Forum

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  1. Svalbard Science Forum SSF work report 40th NySMAC meeting, Helsinki April 7-8 2014

  2. SSF work report • Funding programs • Flagship programs • SSF workshops • Input from NySMAC • RiS portal

  3. SSF Funding programs • Arctic Field Grant 2014 • 87 applications • NOK 2,4 million to 50 projects. • 48% of projects in Ny Ålesund (NOK 1,2 mill) • 56% female project leaders • Next deadline mid-October 2014

  4. SSF Funding programs

  5. SSF Funding programs • SSF strategic Grant second call 2013 • Focus on Ny Ålesund and flagships • 17 applications • 1,5 million to 2 workshops and 3 projects • Workshop on collaboration and coordination within the Ny-Ålesund Atmospheric Flagship Program (NPI) • Workshop: Calving and Surging Glaciers: Observations, Modelling, Predictions (UNIS) • Project: Holocene environmental change of Svalbard (UNIS) • Project: Snow Monitoring using Automatic Camera Systems at Svalbard Key Sites (UiO) • Project: Lunar Arctic-coordinated remote sensing of aerosols: LUNAR photometry close the gap in ARCTIC aerosol climatology and satellite validation (NILU) • Next deadline mid-October 2014

  6. Flagship programs • Kongsfjorden Ecosystem-new views after more than a decade of research: Workshop in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, March 2014 • Towards a coordinated Research and MonitoringProgramme for Ny-Ålesund, October 2014 • Workshop on collaboration and coordination within the Ny-Ålesund Atmospheric Flagship Program, fall 2014

  7. Input fra NySMAC • SSF Workshop – New technology • September- October 2014 • Suggestions and names of participants • Svalbard workshop, • like NySMAC seminar for all of Svalbard • Visit to Ny Ålesund • Trends in Svalbard research • Lecture for the interdepartmental polar committee

  8. Trends in Svalbard research Active projects in RiS år • More in openness and collaboration, increase in projects in RiS

  9. Trends in Svalbard research • More in openness and collaboration, increase in projects in RiS • More research in the dark season, especially within marine research

  10. Trends in Svalbard research Forsker døgn UNIS IPY • More in openness and collaboration, increase in projects in RiS • More research in the dark season, especially within marine research • Slight increase in Norwegian research, mostly due to increased activity at UNIS

  11. Trends in Svalbard research • More in openness and collaboration, increase in projects in RiS • More research in the dark season, especially within marine research • Slight increase in Norwegian research, mostly due to increased activity at UNIS • The next generation of polar scientists: over 50% females among students and young researchers • Small but growing number of projects sponsored by and in cooperation with industrial partners • Mapping of existing resources, geology, environment, flora and fauna

  12. Trends in Svalbard research • More in openness and collaboration, increase in projects in RiS • More research in the dark season, especially within marine research • Slight increase in Norwegian research, mostly due to increased activity at UNIS • The next generation of polar scientists: over 50% females among students and young researchers • Small but growing number of projects sponsored by and in cooperation with industrial partners • Mapping of existing resources, geology, environment, flora and fauna • Mapping of and intervention against of harmful invasive species

  13. New possibilities New ice-free and accessible areas Research on the shift from ice covered to open fjord The effects of changes in the environment Collaborate across Fram Strait

  14. Fieldwork in the dark season Young female scientist Temporary station Exsisting infrastructure Far from exsisting bases International cooperation Norwegian coordination Photo: Malin Daase

  15. New RiS database and portal

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