Funding Possibilities by Country

  • Important information:

By submitting your application, the applicant consents to some of their personal information (like name, date of birth, and email address) being shared between north2north universities and/or north2north National Agencies in order to assess the applicant’s eligibility for a north2north grant.

Finland

  • National Agency: Finnish National Agency for Education.

     Contact: Sami Niemelä: n2n@oph.fi

    Contact: Liisi Räikkönen: n2n@oph.fi

  • north2north grants for outbound students and a few grants for inbound students from USA, Canada and Scotland.
  • No tuition for exchange students

Sweden

  • National Agency: Luleå University of Technology.

     Contact: Maria Vyatkina: maria.vyatkina@ltu.se 

  • north2north grants for outbound students, staff and faculty
  • No tuition for exchange students

Norway

  • National Agency: UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

     Contact: Natalia Kononova: natalia.kononova@uit.no 

  • north2north grants for outbound students and inbound students from Canada, the US and Scotland
  • Travel funding for outbound staff and faculty
  • No tuition for exchange students

Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands

  • National Agency: UArctic secretariat.

     Contact: Pirkko Pulkkanen: Pirkko.pulkkanen@ulapland.fi 

  • north2north grants for outbound and inbound students
  • Travel funding to outbound and inbound staff and faculty
  • According to Danish law, tuition waivers can only be offered if there is a bilateral agreement between the home and host institutions.

Canada

  • National Agency: Yukon University.

     Contact: Nicole Percival: studyabroad@yukonu.ca 

  • Tuition for exchange students, most institutions offer a limited number of waivers for inbound north2north students.
  • The north2north International Coordination Office is allocating the available north2north tuition waivers
  • north2north grants for outbound students and a few scholarships for inbound students from Iceland, Scotland and USA
  • Travel funding for outbound staff and faculty within Canada's north.

Iceland

  • No National Agency or north2north grants
  • No tuition for exchange students

USA

  • No National Agency or north2north scholarships
  • Tuition for exchange students, most institutions offer a limited number of waivers for inbound north2north students.
  • The north2north International Coordination Office allocates the available north2north tuition waivers.

France

  • No National Agency or north2north grants
  • No tuition for exchange students

United Kingdom: 

  • No National Agency or north2north scholarships
  • Tuition for exchange students, most institutions offer a limited number of waivers for inbound north2north students.
  • The north2north International Coordination Office allocates the available north2north tuition waivers

Australia: 

  • No National Agency or north2north scholarships
  • Tuition for exchange students, most institutions offer a limited number of waivers for inbound north2north students.
  • The north2north International Coordination Office allocates the available north2north tuition waivers