{"id":12,"date":"2017-10-24T14:33:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/acadborealis-eng\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-11-08T16:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T15:23:44","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/acadborealis-eng\/with-a-heart-for-science-and-scholarship\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><em><strong>Academia Borealis, The North-Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Academia Borealis has as its foremost purpose the furthering of all types of research activity in the Arctic region, as well as promoting the understanding of the importance of science and scholarship in our society. Our main activity is organizing meetings and lectures, including two memorial lectures a year. Lectures are open to the public and are advertised in local media.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-86\" src=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/acadborealis-eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2021\/11\/Styret2020Crop2M.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1748\" height=\"1143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.uit.no\/acadborealis-eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2021\/11\/Styret2020Crop2M.jpg 1748w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/acadborealis-eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2021\/11\/Styret2020Crop2M-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/acadborealis-eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2021\/11\/Styret2020Crop2M-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.uit.no\/acadborealis-eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/329\/2021\/11\/Styret2020Crop2M-1024x670.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1748px) 100vw, 1748px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since 2018 , the Board has consisted of\u00a0 (left to right)\u00a0 Professor Jens-Ivar Nerg\u00e5rd, Professor Steinar Thorvaldsen, Professor Torsten slaksen, Professor Emerita Synn\u00f8ve des Bouvrie (President), and Professor \u00c5shild Fredriksen (Secretary General).<\/p>\n<p>The Academy was founded on 25 January 2001. There are at present about 220 members, including scholars from academic institutions in Troms\u00f8 as well as members from universities and research institutions elsewhere in Norway and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Academia Borealis is a continuation of \u201cThe Committee for the scientific institutions in Troms\u00f8\u201d that was founded in 1928, a cooperation between Troms Museum (establ. 1872), The Meteorologial Institute of Northern Norway (establ. 1920) and the Northern Lights Observatory, which was transferred from Haldde in Alta and established in Troms\u00f8 in 1928. The \u201cCommittee\u201d was unofficially named \u201cThe Comet\u201d and administered several funds, with the explicit aim to work for a university in Northern Norway. These funds were substantially expanded in 2000 and in 2003 collected in \u201cThe North-Norwegian Scientific Fund, \u00abThe Comet\u00bb\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Academy is a proud co-founder of the Mohn Prize, first time awarded in January 2018. The prize amounts to 2 million NOK (approximately 195 000 \u20ac) and is awarded biennially.<\/p>\n<h4>Fund<\/h4>\n<p>1) Academia Borealis manages the fund, \u201cThe Comet \u2013 North-Norway\u2019s Research Fund\u201d, whose purpose it is to support research, primarily in and about North-Norway. The research fund was established in 2003 by merging two older funds as well as a gift from the local researcher\u2019s union.<\/p>\n<p>Master and doctoral students may apply for scholarships from the Fund (these are advertised annually), including also grants for fieldwork, travel, and necessary equipment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fsite.uit.no%2Facadborealis-eng%2Fwith-a-heart-for-science-and-scholarship%2Fabout-us%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academia Borealis, The North-Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Academia Borealis has as its foremost purpose the furthering of all types of research activity in the Arctic region, as well as promoting the understanding of the importance of science and scholarship in our society. 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