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A new research vessel has been built by the Faroese government and handed to the Faroe Marine Research Institute. The new research vessel has been named Jákup Sverri in honour of Jákup Sverri Joensen, the first marine biologist in the Faroe Islands and former director of the Faroe Marine Research...

A brand new EURAXESS portal will be launched in two monhs. The portal will contain a lot of details on researcher mobility relevant to researchers moving between European countries, including the Faroe Islands.

Nine research projects have been granted a total of 8 MDKK from the Faroese Research Foundation. Half the funding has been given to PhD projects. The Research Council received 32 applications in total, applying for 25 MDKK, at the annual deadline in February. The projects receiving the highest...

Research programmes on COVID-19 for a total of DKK 2.5 billion were funded in the Nordic countries in 2020 and 2021. NordForsk – a research organisation under the Nordic Council of Ministers – has mapped research initiatives in the Nordic countries during the epidemic. In total the funding granted...

The Faroese Food and Veterinary Authority has received funding from the Marie S. Curie programme under Horizon 2020 to employ a PhD student as part of the RASOPTA project. The RASOPTA consortium consists of partners from research institutes and private companies. The aim of the project is to...

175 researchers in the Faroe Islands have now been registered in PURE Faroe Islands - a portal which provides information about all research institutions, researchers and research activity conducted in the Faroe Islands. The project to adopt PURE has been led by the University of the Faroe Islands...

  Qin Xin holds a position as a Full Professor of Computer Science and Faculty Research Leader at the University of the Faroe Islands. He is educated in China and the United Kingdom and has lived in the Faroe Islands for 9 years. He has a PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from the University of...

The Research Councils of Iceland and the Faroe Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining how the councils may realise shared objectives. The Memorandum seeks to identify synergies between the two countries´ research and innovation activities and create opportunities for joint...

An evaluation report on the Faroese participation in the EU research programmes FP7 and Horizon 2020 has been handed to the Minister of Research, Mr Jenis av Rana. The report has been worked out by Research Council Faroe Islands upon request from the Minister as the Horizon 2020 period closes at...

Robert Imre is an Associate Professor in Political Sciences at the University of the Faroe Islands. He holds university degrees from Queen´s University and University of Victoria in Canada and a   PhD degree from the University of Queensland in Australia.Robert Imre has spent many years as a...