Early career scientists

A major goal of the Nansen Legacy is to train a new generation of Arctic scientists in a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional way, giving the highly needed crossover competence to face and cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing Arctic.

The project has dedicated funding for over 50 recruitment positions (PhD and postdoctoral fellows). In addition, Master students and undergraduates, as well as PhD students and postdocs with other funding are associated with the project.  Together these early career scientists form a strong community within the project, carrying much of the research conducted in the project. In total, the project has trained nearly 100 young researchers.