arcticnet: what can we learn from a successful nce

Experiences in ArcticNet - NCE

Greg HenryGeographyUBC

Brief History• 2001-02 linked to CFI for research ice

breaker• Invitations to polar researchers across

Canada• Pre-proposal meetings and workshops• Rationale and objectives• Themes + projects identified• 2003 LOI and proposal• 2004 funded - renewed 2011, end March

2018• www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca

Governance and administration – key to success

Leadership (Scientific Director – Louis Fortier)Board of Directors – governing bodyResearch Management Committee

Decisions on projects and fundingAdministrative Centre - @ U Laval

Unified rationale and objectives: • impacts of CC, industrialization and

modernization• Involvement of local people – knowledge

generation and users• Products: publications, Integrated

Regional Impact Statement (IRIS) reports, data,

• HQP – includes northern students

Network success• Annual Science Meeting – largest in

Canada• Involvement of northern communities• Student organization• Links to international networks• Integration + working across disciplines• Outreach and education

Issues…• Reporting – annual • Data – Polar Data Catalogue +

metadata• Projects + budgets relatively fixed• Integration + multidisciplinary =

difficult

But – good model to consider for new, geographically focused Mountain NCE

Numbers

90 CVs with original proposal150 NIs, 1000 grad + postdocs, ~300 northern students34 universities20 government & territorial departments? Private sectors partners> 100% NCE funding leveraged