Partner resources

Arctic Phi-Lab projects get more than seed funding. Through our consortium partners in Tromsø, you get access to infrastructure, data, tools and expertise to develop and validate your solution.

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What our partners offer

KSAT – Kongsberg Satellite Services

Global ground station network for downlinking EO data
Commercial multi-mission EO data and a catalogue of imagery and value-added information
Research access to near-real-time maritime services and operational EO tools
Expertise in SAR, optical imagery, maritime monitoring and commercialising EO services
KSAT Order Desk guidance on tasking and ordering commercial EO data

NORCE

Free use of NORCE’s SAR processor and visualisation software
Drones and scientific aircraft at cost price
General technical support

Akvaplan-niva

Autonomous ocean vehicles with multiple sensors for months-long in-situ data collection — for ground truthing and calibrating satellite data
Blue Insight, a cloud data portal for marine datasets, where satellite processing pipelines can be deployed
High-resolution ocean modelling (FVCOM)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Guest researcher stays of up to 3 months in UiT’s EO group
Access to high-performance computing (on UiT’s terms)
Access to the EO group’s archive of satellite data and software

Norinnova

Free use of office facilities in Tromsø
Consultancy for business development

Read more about Norinnova’s resources →

How to get access

Before you apply: identify the resources relevant to your project and describe in your proposal what you plan to use, and for what. Unsure? Contact us and we can arrange a talk with the relevant partner.
When selected: resources are planned at project start, and we connect you with a named contact at each partner.
Terms: some resources are free, some at cost price, and some follow the partner’s own access rules. All are subject to availability.