Organizations and Resources Network

The Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to identify and bring together the distributed human and facilities resources of the Arctic research community. The purpose of the ARCUS is to 1) provide leadership in advancing knowledge and understanding of the Arctic; 2) serve as a forum for planning, facilitating, coordinating, and implementing disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies; 3) act as a synthesizer and sharer of scientific information relevant to state, national, and international programs of arctic research; and 4) encourage and facilitate the education of scientists and the public in the needs and opportunities of research in the region.