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Arctic Social Sciences

Program Officer

Anna M. Kerttula
akerttul@nsf.gov
(703) 292-8029


Program Information

 Arctic Research Opportunities (NSF 05-514) 

   Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic

Related Programs

 Dissertation Panel - Advice to Students

 Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and the Arctic

 
Native Alaskan whaling festival
Above: Whaling Festival,   
Barrow, Alaska.  Photo courtesy of Henry Huntington.

The OPP Arctic Social Sciences Program is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary program encompassing all social sciences supported by NSF. These include, but are not limited to, anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, linguistics, political science, psychology, science and technology studies, traditional knowledge, sociology, and related subjects. Although unsolicited proposals in any of the social sciences mentioned above are welcome, areas of particular interest include culture and environment, resources and economic change, development of social and political institutions, ethnic cultural and regional identities, and knowledge and language systems. These five research areas are identified and explained in the report, Arctic Social Sciences: Opportunities in Arctic Research (Fairbanks: Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, June 1999; available through the Arctic Research Consortium at http://www.arcus.org).

The Arctic Social Sciences Program encourages projects that:

  • include indigenous peoples;
  • are circumpolar and/or comparative;
  • involve collaborations between researchers and those living in the Arctic;
  • include traditional knowledge;
  • or form partnerships among disciplines, regions, researchers, communities, and/or students (K-12, undergraduate, or graduate).

 Reindeer herd in Russia

Above: Chukchi Reindeer herders from the village of Sireniki, Chukotka, Russia. Photo courtesy of Alexander Kalinin.

Dissertation research proposals will be accepted. Please consult the "Dissertation Panel Advice to Students" guidelines in the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS). These guidelines are to provide the applicant with a basic outline for their proposals. Applicants should apply to the Arctic Research Opportunities announcement/solicitation number and talk to the ASSP program director about funding limits, which vary from those in BCS.
The Arctic Social Sciences Program considers joint review and funding with other NSF and OPP programs, when appropriate (See the NSF Guide to Programs.) Special funding opportunities may also be available through the human dimensions component of the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program.

 


 


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