History & Experience
INTERACT Non-Profit Association is the legacy of INTERACT network, following a collaboration among research stations around the Arctic and beyond that started more than 20 years ago.
International Biological Program (IBP) linked research sites and researchers throughout the tundra including participants from Canada, the United States, and western Soviet Union during the ongoing Cold War.
2011
INTERACT was formed, joining 33 stations in 12 countries, and the first EU funding was granted within EU’s 7th Framework Programme. The overall aim of the network was to provide a geographically comprehensive and excellent infrastructure of terrestrial research stations throughout the Arctic and adjoining forest and alpine regions and to act as a one-stop-shop for environmental information on the terrestrial Arctic.
1964-1974
2001
SCANNET, a network of nine research stations around the North Atlantic was established to facilitate research to understand impacts of global change on the lands of the North Atlantic Region and also to monitor changes in real time. The 4-year SCANNET project was funded under the EU's 5th Framework programme.
2020
The third phase of INTERACT was also funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Now the network had grown to 86 stations.
2022
The network consisted of 90 research stations from 18 countries.
However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in 21 Russian stations being put on hold.
2016
The second phase of INTERACT was funded through the EU Horizon 2020 programme, now being a network of 77 stations.
2020
INPA was founded to offer the INTERACT Stations a long term sustainable platform to continue to play a major global role to build capacity for research and monitoring throughout the Arctic.
1964-1974
International Biological Program (IBP) linked research sites and researchers throughout the tundra including participants from Canada, the United States, and western Soviet Union during the ongoing Cold War.
2001
SCANNET, a network of nine research stations around the North Atlantic was established to facilitate research to understand impacts of global change on the lands of the North Atlantic Region and also to monitor changes in real time. The 4-year SCANNET project was funded under the EU's 5th Framework programme.
2011
INTERACT was formed, joining 33 stations in 12 countries, and the first EU funding was granted within EU’s 7th Framework Programme. The overall aim of the network was to provide a geographically comprehensive and excellent infrastructure of terrestrial research stations throughout the Arctic and adjoining forest and alpine regions and to act as a one-stop-shop for environmental information on the terrestrial Arctic.
2016
The second phase of INTERACT was funded through the EU Horizon 2020 programme, now being a network of 77 stations.
2020
The third phase of INTERACT was also funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Now the network had grown to 86 stations.
2020
INPA was founded to offer the INTERACT Stations a long term sustainable platform to continue to play a major global role to build capacity for research and monitoring throughout the Arctic.
2022
The network consisted of 90 research stations from 18 countries.
However, the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in 21 Russian stations being put on hold.