Before contacting Ilisimatusarfik about research collaboration

If you wish to engage in research collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik as an external researcher or non-employed researcher (including adjunct researchers and emeritus / emerita), here are some relevant considerations you should take into account before reaching out.

Ilisimatusarfik emphasizes two overarching considerations that determine whether we wish to engage in research collaboration. Research collaboration should be anchored at Ilisimatusarfik and contribute to capacity building.

Anchored at Ilisimatusarfik

• As a general rule, Ilisimatusarfik only participates in research collaboration where we have had influence on project formulation, i.e., where there is no risk of Ilisimatusarfik / Greenland being merely added as a "token" partner.
• If Ilisimatusarfik's researchers are contacted about research collaboration shortly before application deadlines, or because a partner is missing for an already formulated project, it is unlikely that Ilisimatusarfik will participate in the collaboration.

Contribute to capacity building

• As a general rule, Ilisimatusarfik does not engage in research collaboration unless an employed researcher is involved in this collaboration.
• If it is not possible to find a relevant, employed researcher within the necessary field of expertise, anchoring can be ensured, for example, through the inclusion in the project of a new PhD student or postdoc who is employed and enrolled at Ilisimatusarfik.
• If this is also not possible, student assistants from Ilisimatusarfik's student body may be attached to the project as a last alternative.

Furthermore, it is expected that research collaboration adheres to our current guidelines for overhead and research ethics.

Please contact the research office, if you have any questions about the guidelines or about research collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik.