Policies and Procedures for onboard scientific research

Scientists working on cruise ships engaged in any of the following research areas

• archaeology
• ancient faunal remains
• ancient genetics
• paleontology
• fossil and sub-fossil collection
• meteorites

must apply to the Greenland National Museum and Archives for a General Scientific Research Permit (GSR-1).

This permit is issued in name to the project’s Principal Investigator (PI), who assumes full responsibility for adhering to the terms and conditions of the GSR-1 Permit.

To obtain a GSR-1 permit, PIs must complete and submit an application for General Scientific Research in Greenland (NKAGSA-1) to the Greenland National Museum. The application form and instructions are available as a fillable pdf and can be downloaded here. Please send the NKAGSA-1 application form and all requested supplemental documents as a single PDF file to nka@natmus.gl. Please note: individuals without an institutional affiliation are not eligible to apply for a GSR-1 permit.

The NKAGSA-1 application must be received by the Greenland National Museum no later than 1 May. This means that to perform work during the cruise season of 2025, the deadline for application is 1 May 2025. For projects re-applying for a NKAGSA-1, a mandatory field report must be submitted to the NKA before the end of one (1) calendar year after the previous date of issue of the GSR-1 permit. There are no strict rules on the format or style of the report, however, for convenience the National Museum has created a reporting template for that is available here.