Grants

In May 2022, two students and a teacher from 8th grade in the Itilleq school in Greenland went on a study trip to Iceland. Itilleq is a small settlement in Qeqqata municipality in West Greenland, with 90 inhabitans. The settlement is located on an island about 45 km south of Sisimiut. There is no road […]

Glaðari þú – trip from Iceland to the Faroe Islands on the 6th-9th of May 2022 We had an amazing time visiting the Faroe Islands in May. We were 30 Icelandic women and one Faroese woman who travelled from Iceland to the Faroe Islands to explore this beautiful country and to learn how the Faroese […]

Íris and Árni, who live in Iceland and are the owners of Tindaborg, applied for a grant from NATA because they were curious to learn more about tourism and rock climbing in the Faroe Islands and Greenland, they also wanted see if they could create a connection between people in the industry in these very […]

In May 2022, seven young Faroese table tennis players participated in a joint Faroese-Icelandic training camp in Iceland. This is an annual training camp with changing hosts – every other year in Tórshavn, and every other year in Reykjavík. Faroese and Icelandic players train together A lot is achieved in such a training camp, that […]

The following applications were approved a grant from NATA at the latest application round in September 2022 Tourism Development and Marketing DKK Project name, company and application country Grant Participating countries Development & Launch for off-season cruise products in the Arctic North 100.000 FO-IS Tourism Development and Marketing Travel Support DKK Project name and application […]

We are always excited to hear from the people that get grants from NATA. Kór Möðruvallaklausturskirkju got a travel grant from NATA and this is what they told us about their trip to the Faroe Islands: In August 2022 Kór Möðruvallaklausturskirkju performed Icelandic and Faroese music in Tórshavn and Klaksvík, both contemporary and old hymns […]

25 students and 3 teachers, from 10th grade at Atuarfik Hans Lynge school in Nuuk, traveled to Iceland in late March 2022 after two canceled trips, one due to Covid-19 and the other due to bad weather. The purpose of the trip was to strengthen the contact between Greenland and Iceland, by giving the students […]

The following applications were approved a grant from NATA at the latest application round in March 2022 Tourism Development and Marketing DKK   Project name Grant Countries Grønland til EMBLA Nordic Food Awards 75.000 GL-FO-IS Tourism Development and Marketing Rejsestøtte DKK   Project name Grant Countries Uppistand í Reinsarínum 5000 IS-FO Arsborealis-félagsamtök 4000 IS-FO Glaðari […]

Fourteen young people on Team Nanoq from Nuummi Naluttartut Klubbiat – Nuuk Swimming Club, went to Reykjavík in January 2022 where they participated in the Reykjavik International Games and training camp. The trip to Iceland is the highlight of the year for the swimmers. In 2021 the trip was canceled due to Corona and this […]

Faroese Judo was granted support from NATA in the spring of 2021 for a training camp in Iceland that they went on in the autumn holidays same year. The group traveled from the Faroe Islands to Reykjavík on Friday 8 October and back again on Monday 11 October. Included in the trip were 17 young […]

In October 2021, the women in Aulos Flute Ensemble sent NATA a greeting, telling us, that they just got back from a wonderful trip to the Faroe Islands. They played 4 concerts and organized a seminar on female composers in collaboration with the Nordic House and the association of Faroese composers. They specifically mentioned the […]

The following applications were approved a grant from NATA at the latest application round in October 2021 Tourism Development and Marketing DKK Project name, company and application country Grant Participating countries Festivalhöll, Stuðulsfelagið Víkingabygd, Faroe Islands 100.000 FO-IS South Greenland FAM tours, Edge of the Arctic, Iceland 100.000 IS-GL Tourism Development and Marketing Travel Support […]