Special One-time Funding Opportunity for Collaborative Barren-Ground Caribou Research Available as Part of Latest NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program Funding Intake
“Northwest Territories. Environment and Natural Resources”
$850,000.00
Maximum Eligible Amount
Government Grant
Fund Type
The GNWT and Polar Knowledge Canada are partnering to provide approximately $850,000 annually for the next three years as part of a special one-time funding opportunity for barren ground caribou research. The new opportunity Barren-ground caribou are important to Indigenous peoples and the ecology of the NWT, but several herds have declined significantly in recent decades. This new initiative seeks to fill knowledge gaps about the declines in barren-ground caribou populations in the NWT. The partnership will invest in research and monitoring to address key questions influencing the health and populations of barren-ground caribou in the NWT. This funding is open to all migratory barren-ground caribou research, knowledge and management practitioners, including academic researchers who collaborate with NWT agencies, Indigenous governments, Indigenous organizations, and communities. The focus is on herds found partially or entirely in the NWT (Porcupine, Cape Bathurst, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Bluenose-East, Bluenose-West, Bathurst, Beverly and Qamanirjuaq), but comparative studies may include other migratory herds in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Alaska and northern Quebec/Labrador. Methods rooted in traditional knowledge, science and/or community-led research and monitoring are encouraged. Approaches and methods may include: o monitoring; o research, modeling, and prediction; o knowledge synthesis and mobilization;
This is a one-time call for three years of funding. It extends targeted funding to barrenground caribou research and monitoring through the NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP). Approximately $850K project funding ($650K from POLAR and $200K from NWT CIMP) is available each year for the duration of this three-year special initiative
Standard funding intake This initiative is in addition to funding available through the NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (NWT CIMP), administered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. NWT CIMP distributes nearly $2 million annually for monitoring and research projects led by Indigenous, territorial and federal governments, Indigenous organizations, and academia
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