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Arctic Health - Research
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Research Projects
Arctic Council Activities
Research Databases and Portals
- Arctic Health Research Database
Use the Arctic Health Research Database to locate past and present research projects relating to human health, including environmental studies impacting the health of people in the arctic.
- ArcticStat
ArcticStat is a permanent, public and independent statistical database dealing with the countries, regions and populations of the Circumpolar Arctic. For the most part, the data indexed in ArcticStat come from national statistical agencies of the countries of the Arctic or their regional offices.
- CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)
A searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and
other research institutions.
- Inuvialuit Settlement Region Database
Contains descriptions of more than 8400 publications and research projects about the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in Canada's Northwest Territories and Yukon.
- North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)
A federal, state, and local multi-agency initiative to support inventory, monitoring, and research on the North Slope of Alaska.
- Polar
Web
Guide to Internet resources dealing with the lands and waters surrounding the North Pole and the South Pole. A collaborative project of the Polar Libraries Colloquy and the Arctic Centre.
- Tribal Connections
American Indian/Alaska Native community health and information resource portal funded by the National Libray of Medicine under a contract with the University of Washington.
Research Organizations
- Alaska Native Science Commission (ANSC)
The Alaska Native Science Commission was established in 1994 to bring together research and science in partnership with the Native community.
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit health organization owned and managed by Alaska Native tribal governments and their regional health organizations.
- Arctic Research Consortium
of the United States (ARCUS)
The Arctic Research Consortium of the United
States (ARCUS) was formed in 1988 to identify and bring together the
resources of the Arctic research community.
- Barrow Arctic
Science Consortium (BASC)
A community-based organization dedicated to
helping make closer contacts between scientists and community members
in Alaska's North Slope, the adjacent portions of the Arctic Ocean,
and in Chukotka, Russia.
- International
Arctic Research Center (IARC)
Based in Fairbanks, Alaska, the Center provides
the international arctic research community an unprecedented opportunity
to share knowledge about science in the Arctic.
- National Science Foundation Polar Program Arctic Sciences (ARC)
For information on research funded by the National Science Foundation in the Arctic.
- Polar
Research Board
A unit of the U.S. National Research Council
providing independent analysis to the federal government and the nation
on matters of science and technology affecting public policy on research
needs, environmental quality, natural resources, and other issues
in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and cold regions in general.
- The
Sami Research and Project Database
The projects deal with the Sami people or
the Sami areas. The projects in the database were carried out by different
institutions and researchers and represent different disciplines.
Eventually the database will include information on other indigenous
peoples in the Arctic. The database is maintained by the Arctic Indigenous
Peoples and Sami Research Office and the Information Service of the
Arctic Centre.
- South Central Foundation Research
This site is designed for the native commuity
served by the South Central Foundation to explain the research process,
the need for research and the foundations own research projects.
- WWAMI
Rural Health Research Center (RHRC)
Established in the fall of 1988 and is based
in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington
School of Medicine.
Research Funding Sources
- Health and Human Services Office of Grants Management
and Policy
Offers support and educational resources for grant seekers.
- National Library of Medicine (NLM) Funding Opportunities
NLM's grants and funding - extramural programs.
- National Institutes of Health (NIH): Grants & Funding Opportunities
Good starting point for NIH funding opportunities
- ScanGrants
ScanGrants, developed by Samaritan Health, a non-profit network of Oregon hospitals, is designed
to facilitate the search for funding sources to enhance individual and community health. The
funding sources listed here may be of interest to virtually anyone associated with the health
field: medical researchers, social workers, nurses, students, community-based health educators,
academics, and others. The listing is selective and is intended to supplement other search
methods. To view the full grant announcement, click on the link to the source URL provided for
each funding opportunity.
- Grants and Foundations: University of Alaska Anchorage Links
Websites chosen by the grants and foundations specialist at the University of Alaska Anchorage Consortium Library.
- Juneau Public Library Grants and Foundations Links
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