Funder: Fulbright Scholar Program
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application and recommendations) | September 2027 (Invitation letter)
Funding Amounts: $6,000/month for 3–5 months, plus $500/month research stipend, $2,000 travel, and $500 baggage allowance
Summary: Supports distinguished U.S. scholars conducting Arctic-related research in Iceland to advance knowledge and international scientific cooperation.
Key Information: Academics must be full professors with more than 13 years of teaching or scholarly experience.
Description
This research award is offered through a partnership between the National Science Foundation and Fulbright Iceland. It supports senior U.S. scholars conducting Arctic-related research in Iceland, strengthening research relevant to the Arctic and its people while promoting scientific cooperation and international understanding. Approximately one recipient is supported.
The award welcomes social and natural sciences, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, governance, linguistics, public health, traditional knowledge, glaciology, geology, biology, and sustainability science. Interdisciplinary projects are strongly encouraged. Work with significance for the High North can qualify even when the scholar’s broader research is not exclusively Arctic-focused. Projects must be well-defined, completed during the grant period, and produce a peer-reviewed publication and/or a paper presented at a major international conference. Limited teaching, mentoring, and development activities are permitted, but research must remain central.
