Info to User Groups

You have been granted INTERACT Transnational Access. Congratulations!

From below, you can find information about the important next steps concerning your access visit. The instructions are specified station by station, so read the information regarding the station(s) where you have been granted TA, and proceed accordingly as soon as possible you receive your TA decision. First, check our Disclaimer about important liability issues. Disclaimer

After you TA visit to the station(s), Instructions on reporting of the used access, claiming of travel reimbursements and acknowledging INTERACT TA in publications and presentations are provided in the Information to User Groups booklet.

For general questions regarding Transnational Access, you can also contact our TA Project Assistant, Vanessa Spadetto, vanessa.spadetto(at)eu4pm.it.

Location	Station	Contact person(s)	Contact details	Additional information
Alaska	Toolik Field Station	Dr Syndonia Bret-Harte	msbretharte@alaska.edu	Contact Dr Syndonia Bret-Harte about information on the practical arrangements of your TA visit to Toolik
Alaska	Barrow Arctic Research Center (BARC)	Lindsay Cameron	Lindsay.Cameron@UICCS.com	Contact project manager Lindsay Cameron as soon as possible for information on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Alaska	Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO)	Lindsay Cameron	Lindsay.Cameron@UICCS.com	Contact project manager Lindsay Cameron as soon as possible for information on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Austria	Sonnblick Observatory	Elke Ludewig	elke.ludewig@zamg.ac.at	Email station contact Elke Ludewig at your earliest convenience for information on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Canada	CEN Whapmagoostui-Kujjuarapik	Mickaël Lemay	mickael.lemay@cen.ulaval.ca	Researchers must rapidly reserve their stay at the station on CEN website at this webpage and contact Mickaël Lemay if they require any information. Also, the local community must be contacted to be informed of the team’s research. The station manager and educators will gladly assist the team in this first contact and in organising outreach activities with the community.
Canada	WARC	Niccole Hammer (Licensing Coordinator) Logistics and Administration Assistant Erika Hille Joel McAlister	niccole.hammer@auroracollege.nt.ca logistics@nwtresearch.com Erika.Hille@auroracollege.nt.ca JMcAlister@auroracollege.nt.ca	The projects accepted for TA to WARC will need to obtain a Scientific Research License. For more information about this, they should visit the website at this link and/or contact the Licensing Coordinator Niccole Hammer. It is recommended that applications are submitted at least three months before the proposed date of data collection. For Logistical Support (i.e., accommodation, lab space, equipment rental, etc.), the research team will need to submit a Logistical Support Request form to the Logistics and Administration Assistant. In addition to the above, the projects should contact either Erika Hille or Joel McAlister to go over their plans for the field work.
Canada	Kluane Lake Research Station	Henry Penn Maribeth Murray	klrs@ucalgary.ca OR arctic@ucalgary.ca	Rapidly reserve your stay at the station on the website and contact Henry Penn and Maribeth Murray to start the practical arrangements of your group’s TA visit.
Canada	Uapishka Research Station	Marianne Valcourt	mvalcourt@rmbmu.com	Contact Marianne Valcourt at your earliest convenience for information on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Canada	Churchill Northern Studies Centre	Dylan McCart	ed@churchillscience.ca research@churchillscience.ca	Contact Dylan McCart at your earliest convenience for information on the practical arrangements of your visit, with a cc to research@churchillscience.ca.
Canada	Canadian High Arctic Research Station CHARS	Aynslie Ogden POLAR research support	aynslie.ogden@polar-polaire.gc.ca researchsupport-soutienalarecherche@polar-polaire.gc.ca	Contact Aynslie Ogden as soon as possible for information on practical arrangements related to your visit, with a cc to POLAR research support researchsupport-soutienalarecherche@polar-polaire.gc.ca
Faroe Islands	FINI	Lis Mortensen	lm@jf.fo	Contact station manager Lis Mortensen at your earliest convenience for information on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Finland	Kilpisjärvi Biological Station	Pirjo Hakala	pirjo.hakala@helsinki.fi	For visiting Kilpisjärvi, please contact Ms Pirjo Hakala at the station administration for practical arrangements related to your visit.
Finland	Pallas-Sodankylä Station	Leena Leppänen Timo Sukuvaara Riitta Aikio	leena.leppanen@fmi.fi timo.sukuvaara@fmi.fi riitta.aikio@fmi.fi	Contact Leena Leppänenwith a cc to Timo Sukuvaara and Riitta Aikio as soon as possible for information on the practical arrangements related to your TA visit.
Finland	Hyytiälä Forestry Research Station	Dr Jaana Bäck	jaana.back@helsinki.fi	Please contact Dr Jaana Bäck at your earliest convenience for advice on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Finland	Värriö Subarctic Research Station	Dr Kimmo Neitola	kimmo.neitola@helsinki.fi	Please contact Dr Kimmo Neitola at your earliest convenience for advice on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Finland	Oulanka Research Station	Dr Riku Paavola Raija Kivelä	riku.paavola@oulu.fi raija.kivela@oulu.fi	Contact station manager Dr Riku Paavola as soon as possible to discuss whether a research permit to Oulanka National Park is required, depending on the studied species and invasiveness of your study. The permit application process requires 3.5 months, so it is therefore necessary to clarify the issue immediately to ensure the success of your study. Also, contact Ms Raija Kivelä at the Oulanka station administration for room reservations and other practical arrangements related to your visit.
Finland	Kevo Subarctic Research Station	Dr Otso Suominen	otso.suominen@utu.fi	Contact reservations-kevo@utu.fi to reserve accommodaiton at the station for your visit. Importantly, contact station manager Dr Otso Suominen at your earliest convenience in all other practical matters and questions, and to request a research permit application for sampling or access the Kevo Strict Nature Reserve, which is required for conducting the study.
Finland	Kainuu Fisheries Research Station	Pekka Hyvärinen	pekka.hyvarinen@luke.fi	For visiting KFRS, please contact station manager Pekka Hyvärinen for practical arrangements related to your visit.
Greenland	Zackenberg Research Station	Zackenberg Secretariat	zackenberg@au.dk	Projects who have been granted INTERACT TA should apply for access permit to the station or update their application on Zackenberg station webpage. In questions regarding the visits to Zackenberg, please contact the Zackenberg Secretariat.
Greenland	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Katrine Raundrup	kara@natur.gl	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) Project PIs should apply for accommodation at the institute here. Use the booking form for going to Kobbefjord Research Station and read the KRS Site Manual. Applicants should contact station manager Katrine Raundrup for any questions related to the granted TA as well as accommodation at GINR or KRS.
Greenland	Arctic Station	Dr Aart Kroon Gitte Henriksen	ak@ign.ku.dk gin@science.ku.dk	Fill in the form at this link to inform the station administration about your visit as soon as possible. You can also contact Dr Aart Kroon or Ms Gitte Henriksen at the station administration for advice on the practical arrangements related to your visit.
Greenland	Sermilik Research Station	Dr Verner Brandbyge Ernstsen Dr Aart Kroon	vbe@ign.ku.dk ak@ign.ku.dk	Contact Dr Verner Brandbyge Ernstsen at your earliest convenience for advice on the practical arrangements related to your visit to Sermilik, with a cc to Dr Aart Kroon.
Greenland	Villum Research Station	Jørgen Skafte	jska@envs.au.dk	The successful projects should contact VRS logistics manager Jørgen Skafte at their earliest convenience for arrangements related to the granted access.
Greenland	The DMI Geophysical Observatory Qaanaaq	Steffen M. Olssen	smo@dmi.dk	Contact Steffen M. Olssen at your earliest convenience for information on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Iceland	Rif Field Station	Sigríður Þorláksdóttir Hrönn G. Guðmundsdóttir	jonina@rifresearch.is hronn@rifresearch.is	Contact station manager Jónína Sigríður Þorláksdóttir and Hrönn G. Guðmundsdóttir for any practical arrangements of the TA visit. Also, fill out the station application form that can be found at this webpage, and send it to the before mentioned e-mail address prior to the visit.
Iceland	Sudurnes Science and Learning Center	Hanna María Kristjánsdóttir Sölvi Rúnar Vignisson	hanna@thekkingarsetur.is solvi@thekkingarsetur.is	Contact station manager Hanna María Kristjánsdóttir (on sabbatical until autumn 2024) and /or Sölvi Rúnar Vignisson for practical arrangements related to your visit.
Norway	NIBIO Svanhovd Research Station	Cornelya Klutsch Snorre Hagen	cornelya.klutsch@nibio.no snorre.hagen@nibio.no	For visiting NIBIO Svanhovd, please contact Cornelya Klutsch with a cc to Snorre Hagen for the practical arrangements related to your visit.
Norway	Finse Alpine Research Center	Jens Haga	j.a.r.haga@ibv.uio.no	Contact the director of the field station, Jens Haga at your earliest convenience for more information related to your TA visit to Finse.
Poland	M&M Klapa Research Station	Dr Zofia Raczkowska Dr Staszek Kedzia	raczk@zg.pan.krakow.pl kedzia@zg.pan.krakow.pl	Contact Dr Zofia Raczkowska with cc to Dr Staszek Kedzia at your earliest convenience for information on the practical arrangements of the visit.
Svalbard	Polish Polar Station - Hornsund	Dr Włodzimierz Sielski	sielski@igf.edu.pl	The successful applicants should contact Dr W?odzimierz Sielski as soon as possible for practical arrangements related to their TA visits.
Svalbard	Czech Arctic Station - Petuniabukta (CARS-PETUNIA)	Jan Pechar Marek Broz	cars@prf.jcu.cz	Contact Jan Pechar or Marek Broz as soon as possible for advice on the practical arrangements of your TA visit.
Svalbard	Sverdrup Station	Station leader	headnpi.nya@npolar.no research.nya@npolar.no	The booking to Sverdrup station should be done through the system Research in Svalbard (RiS). First the user have to register a project, get it approved, and then he/she can do a booking to Ny-Ålesund and Sverdrup station. Information about Sverdrup station. Information about Research in Ny-Ålesund. Questions can be directed to the station leader: headnpi.nya@npolar.no and research.nya@npolar.no.
Svalbard	NERC Arctic Station	-	-	Projects who have been granted INTERACT TA must fill in the NERC Station application form. The form, instructions how to fill it in, and where to send the form can be found from the UK Arctic Research Station guidelines. In addition, the projects must as soon as possible register on the Research in Svalbard website. Once registered, the project receives a RiS number which is used when making flight booking etc within Svalbard.
Svalbard	CNR Arctic Station - Dirigibile Italia	Station Management	TA.dirigibileitalia@cnr.it	Projects who have been granted INTERACT TA should – as soon as possible - contact the Station Management at TA.dirigibileitalia@cnr.it. The projects will after that be contacted by the Station Manager for logistic and administrative issues. The Station Management will guide the projects through the mandatory registration of your project, flight reservations to Ny-Ålesund, and application for any permit that might be needed.
Svalbard	Adam Mickiewicz University Polar Station - “Petuniabukta” Svalbard (AMUPS)	Krzysztof Rymer	krym@amu.edu.pl	Contact station manager Krzysztof Rymer at your earliest convenience for information on the practical arrangements of your visit.
Sweden	Abisko Scientific Research Station	Abisko Scientific Research Station contact	ans@polar.se	Projects who have been granted INTERACT TA must submit a subsequent application through the station’s web application system.
Sweden	Tarfala Research Station	Tarfala Research Station contact	tarfala@natgeo.su.se	Projects which have been granted INTERACT TA must submit an application through the station web application system.
Sweden	Svartberget Research Station	Dr Hjalmar Laudon Charlotta Erefur Jan-Peter Nordmark	hjalmar.laudon@slu.se charlotta.erefur@slu.se Jan-Peter.Nordmark@slu.se	Please contact Dr Hjalmar Laudon with a cc to Ms Charlotta Erefur and Jan-Peter Nordmark for advice on the practical arrangements of your TA visit.