We are very fortunate to have various organizations and institutes that contribute financially to the general running APECS. Take a few minutes and learn about these great sponsors and how they can help you with your career. In addition, APECS is fortunate to have a variety of event-specific sponsors that contribute to various APECS activities, for more information on these collaborations, visit the career opportunities, meetings and events and activities sections of our website.

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is a committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU), that is charged with the initiation, promotion and co-ordination of scientific research in Antarctica. SCAR also provides international, independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty system.

To meet the objective of developing scientific capacity in all SCAR Members, especially with respect to younger scientists, and promoting the incorporation of Antarctic science in education at all levels, SCAR will take the following strategic approach:

• works towards building human and institutional capacity for Antarctic science by a variety of means;
• promotes education of the public and of students so as to increase awareness of the value of Antarctic science; and
• promotes the development of Antarctic science through appropriate means.
• provides fellowships to encourage the active involvement of early career scientists and engineers in Antarctic scientific research, and to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in Antarctic research.

For more information, visit http://www.scar.org or contact the secretariat by email  or telephone +44 1223 336550.

Nordic Council of Ministers

Official Nordic co-operation is channelled through two organisations: the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic Council was formed in 1952 and is the forum for Nordic parliamentary co-operation. The Council has 87 chosen members, representing the five countries and three autonomous territories. The members of the Council are members of the national parliaments, who are nominated by the parliament on the recommendation of the party groups. There is thus no direct election to the Nordic Council. The Council is unique in that parliamentarians and members of the governments meet for political discusssions at the annual Sessions. The Nordic Council, which is led by a Presidium, has met at an ordinary Session every autumn since 1996. Special sessions on specific themes are organised in between. On-going political work in the Nordic Council is conducted through committees and party groups. To learn more,visit their website.

The Nordic Council of Ministers has funded the APECS Virtual Poster Session through a proposal to their Arctic Co-Operation Solicitation.

Antarctica New Zealand

Antarctica New Zealand (ANZ) is the Crown Entity responsible for developing, managing and executing New Zealand Government activities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, in particular the Ross Dependency.  Antarctica New Zealand manages Scott Base, New Zealand’s Antarctic research station.  It maintains New Zealand’s operational presence in the Ross Dependency for the benefit of present and future generations of New Zealanders.  Key activities include supporting scientific research, conserving the intrinsic values of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and raising public awareness (in part through arts, media and youth programmes) of the international significance of the continent.  For more information visit http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/.

Scott Polar Research Insitute

The Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge is a centre for research into the polar regions and glaciology worldwide. SPRI is home to almost 80 people – researchers, graduate students, curators, bibliographers, and support staff – all dedicated to polar research. SPRI is made up of six research groups which investigate a range of issues in both environmental and social sciences of relevance to the Arctic and Antarctica, together with Britain’s only dedicated Polar Museum, the SPRI Library, Archive, and Picture Library. SPRI also hosts APECS partner the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and APECS supporter the International Glaciological Society (IGS).

For more information please visit the website of the Scott Polar Research Institute.

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Providing early career professionals with the tools needed to create strong platforms upon which to base their careers takes effort from many. To help provide a plethora of opportunities for early career polar professionals, we have officially partnered with a number of organizations to work together to shape the future of polar research. Here is a list of the organizations that APECS has signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with to ensure effective and efficient collaborations.

International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) encourages, facilitates and promotes leading-edge multi-disciplinary research to foster a greater scientific understanding of the arctic region and its role in the Earth system. New and next generations of researchers will be faced with increasingly critical challenges due to the impacts of climate change on these regions and their global significance. IASC believes it is of great importance to foster these young researchers and promotes and involves early career scientists working in the Arctic by: 

- striving for representation of early career researchers in the organization, including participation in business strategy, planning and other meetings and activities;

- providing endorsement, support and dissemination of information on activities, projects and request for participation;

- providing travel grants to early career scientist for selected conferences

For more information you can take a look at the website http://iasc.arcticportal.org/ or contact the secretariat through e-mail  or by telephone +49-331-2882214.

The University of the Arctic (UArctic)

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a cooperative network of universities, colleges and other organisations committed to higher education and research in the North. UArctic's overall goal is to create a strong, sustainable circumpolar region by empowering northerners and northern communities through education and shared knowledge.

UArctic seeks to empower the north, improve access to education, serve their community, create shared knowledge, build regional identity, strengthen the voice of the Arctic.

For more information, look at their website: http://www.uarctic.org/.

International Antarctic Institute (IAI)

The International Antarctic Institute (IAI) is a global consortium of universities and organisations that offer university-level education in Antarctic sciences and conduct Antarctic research. Motivated by the spirit of the Antarctic Treaty, the IAI promotes international collaboration by facilitating student and faculty exchanges, giving access to a wide range of courses and field studies through its member universities and developing innovative classroom and field-based education programs.

For more information visit http://www.iai.utas.edu.au/cms/home.

Arctic Frontiers

On Monday 5 October at Akvaplan-niva in Tromsø, Norway, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) signed a partnership agreement with Arctic Frontiers.

Both parties recognize the importance of bringing forward and establishing meeting places for young scientists. As part of this agreement, APECS will help to organize a pre-conference career development workshops, the Young Scientist Forum, coordinate outstanding presentation awards for young researchers, and help with a ‘speed-dating’ reception to help new polar researchers meet more established colleagues. APECS will also be invited to become a member of the Arctic Frontiers Advisory Board.

Arctic Frontiers is an annual international meeting place for the discussion of pan-arctic issues. Arctic Frontiers aims to provide a better understanding of Arctic regions within a pan-arctic perspective, and to promote sustainable levels of human activity based on scientific knowledge, cultural sensitivity and cooperation across borders. Arctic Frontiers is organized as an independent network and was established in 2006. The Arctic Frontiers network consists of the following entities: University of Tromsø; Research Council of Norway; Institute of Marine Research; Troms County; ConocoPhillips; Akvaplan-niva; Norwegian Barents Secretariat; Norwegian Polar Institute; ARCTOS; NORUT; Arctic NET; University of the Arctic.

For more information, please visit http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/

International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)

The International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) was founded in 1990 in Fairbanks, Alaska, at a meeting held in conjunction with the 7th Inuit Studies Conference.

The creation of IASSA follows the suggestion, made at the Conference on Coordination of Research in the Arctic held in Leningrad in 1988, to establish an international association to represent Arctic social scientists, with the Arctic and social sciences defined in a broad and inclusive manner.

Among key objectives of IASSA are to promote and stimulate international cooperation and to increase the participation of social scientists in national and international arctic research; to promote communication and coordination with other related organizations; and to promote mutual respect, communication, and collaboration between social scientists and the peoples of the north, while recognizing these are not mutually exclusive groups.

For more information please visit http://www.iassa.org/

Social Sciences and Humanities Antarctic Research Exchange (SHARE)

The Social sciences & Humanities Antarctic Research Exchange (SHARE) was established in 2007 to provide a platform for coordinating and informing about Antarctic social science, humanities and policy research.

It is SHARE’s aim to provide accurate and up-to-date information for and by Antarctic researchers on Antarctic social sciences and humanities-related projects, publications, conferences, meetings, and other relevant news. SHARE aims to lay the foundations for international collaboration, institutionalization and greater transparency by building a virtual platform for exchange of ideas and a fortification of contacts between researchers.

Fore more information, please visit http://www.share-antarctica.org/

Conservation of the Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF)

The CAFF Program is guided by the CAFF Strategic Plan for the Conservation of Arctic Biological Diversityand biennial CAFF Work Plans.  The CAFF 2006-2008 Work Plan emphasizes cooperation and collaboration with other Arctic Council Working Groups, and organizations outside of the Arctic Council, and makes efforts to actively contribute to the global conservation agenda.  This Work Plan responds to the findings and recommendations of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, the Arctic Marine Strategic Plan and CAFF's Arctic Flora: Status and Trends. CAFF's activities include

• Monitoring of Arctic biodiversity
• Conservation of Arctic species and their habitats
• Consider the establishment of protected areas
• Conservation of nature outside protected areas
• Integration of conservation objectives and measures for economic sectors of the society

For more information and resources, check out the CAFF website.

IACS - International Association of Cryospheric Sciences

http://www.cryosphericsciences.org/

The objectives of the IACS are:

• to promote studies of cryospheric subsystems of the Earth solar systems
• to encourage research in the above subjects by members of the cryospheric community, national and international institutions and programmes, and individual countries through collaboration and international co-ordination
• to provide an opportunity on an international basis for discussion and publication of the results of the above research
• to promote education and public awareness on the cryosphere
• to facilitate the standardisation of measurement or collection of data on cryospheric systems and of the analysis, archiving and publication of such data.

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There are a number of other organizations that have been formed to help early career scientists and professionals. APECS is proud to work with several of these groups to ensure a strong communication of opportunities between our members. Learn more about these groups below, and also have a look at the various APECS National Committees.

Permafrost Young Researcher Network (PYRN)

The Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) is an international organization established under the patronage of the International Permafrost Association (IPA) fostering innovative collaboration, seeking to recruit, retain and promote future generations of permafrost researchers. Initiated during the 4th International Polar Year (IPY), PYRN directs the multi-disciplinary talents of its membership toward global awareness, knowledge and response to permafrost-related challenges in a changing climate. PYRN was officially founded in November 2005 at the International Conference on Arctic Planning (ICARP II) and grew steadily since then to now reach 947 permafrost researchers and educators in the world on behalf of the International Permafrost Association. It built partnerships with large organizations such as Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) and the IPA, and got acknowledged by the International Polar Year (IPY) as an official activity.

PYRN is now developing innovative activities based on the needs of its members and tries to open new paths. To do so, it has multiplied actions aimed at building up the community (workshops, meetings, etc.) and will now aim at improving the curricula vitae of tis members by furthering transdisciplinary activities.

PYRN is part of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists, the global network for early career scientists and engineers involved and interested in Polar and Cryospheric Research.

For more information go to: http://pyrn.ways.org/

Young Earth Scientists (YES) Network

The YES Network is an international association of early-career geoscientists who are primarily under the age of 35 years and are from universities, geoscience organizations and companies from across the world. The YES Network was formed as a result of the International Year of Planet Earth in 2007. In 2009, in collaboration with the IYPE and under the patronage of UNESCO, the YES Network organized its first international Congress at the China University of Geosciences in Beijing, China. The Congress focused on climate, environmental and geoscience challenges facing today’s society, as well as career and academic pathway challenges faced by early-career geoscientists. The YES Network aims to establish an interdisciplinary global network of individuals committed to solving these challenges, and furthering the IYPE motto of “Earth Sciences for Society”.

For more information go to: http://www.networkyes.org/

ArcticNet Student Association (ASA)

The mission of the ArcticNet Student Association (ASA) is to broaden the ArcticNet student experience by promoting student learning, leadership, research and networking opportunities between students, academics, governmental partners, and northerners. ASA members include all undergraduate and graduate students as well as post-doctoral fellows working in collaboration or under the supervision of researchers affiliated with ArcticNet. Students and fellows not directly affiliated with ArcticNet are welcome to participate in the ASA as non-voting members.

The main objectives of the ASA are as follows:

- To encourage and initiate collaboration between students, and with other ArcticNet members;

- To foster interaction between ArcticNet students and Northerners to improve cross-cultural understanding;

- To give students a value-added education in their specific discipline, and to support multidisciplinary training;

- To promote excellence and fortify the aspiration of students in Canadian Arctic research.

For more information go to http://www.arcticnet.ulaval.ca/students/asa.php

Young European Associated Researchers (YEAR)

YEAR is the network of young researchers in Europe. It brings together a potential of about 5,000 young researchers in European research and technology organisations (RTOs) and research departments of companies.

For young researchers, YEAR:

• facilitates the professional development

• facilitates exchange of knowledge

• promotes international cooperation

Want to enjoy the full functionality of the website: create an account. Interested in YEAR activities: look at our upcoming events. Would like to get regular updates on event: subscribe to the mailing list. Want to join to YEAR network: look how to become a member.

Young Earth System Scientists (YESS)

A self-maintained superstructure integrating communication among young researchers devoted to

• promoting networking among young scientists,

• establishing an independent, stable communication infrastructure,

• initiating and strengthening collaboration across different graduate schools and institutes,

• spreading local initiatives and events, and • providing opportunities for direct personal contacts by organizing regular meetings

For more information go to: http://yess.zmaw.de/

World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS)

The World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS), supported by UNESCO and ICSU, is the permanent network of young scientists devoted to facilitate the access to science worldwide. WAYS is a global, volunteer-run, non-profit and community-driven collaborative Science network. It is the largest grassroots, collaborative scientific community for young scientists in the world.

WAYS created a global social network designed and optimized to meet with the specific needs of researchers where they can promote their work, seek help, share information, look for job opportunities and develop knowledge and relationships. The platform also serves the needs of science groups or associations by providing a turn-key package including essential functions such as hosting, maintenance, member database management, document archiving etc.

By offering state of the art services and tools designed to ease the daily research and provide career opportunities, the platform is an aggregator of profiles, interests and resources.

For more information go to: http://www.ways.org/en

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