UK-Canada Arctic Bursaries

The NERC Arctic Office, working closely with the British Science and Innovation Team in the High Commission in Ottawa, has developed a new Bursary programme, funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to enable UK-based researchers to join Canadian-led Arctic projects and in the process to make use of Canadian Arctic infrastructure.

The aim of the programme is to support high quality science, open-up new collaborations and partnerships, and ensure that UK-based researchers are able to develop their Arctic research potential.

Anne Jungblut sampling cyanobacteria and water samples in Cambridge Bay

Owen Weller conducting geological fieldwork on Baffin Island as part of the UK-Canada Bursaries Programme 2017

Since 2017, over 40 projects have been funded through the UK-Canada Arctic Bursaries scheme. Details of all projects are now available:

2017 UK-Canada Arctic Bursaries

2018 UK-Canada Arctic Bursaries

2019 UK-Canada Arctic Bursaries

2020 UK-Canada Arctic Bursaries

A high impact visual presentation on a number of the Bursaries from 2017 produced for the High Commission in Ottawa is available here.