APECS News

During the SCAR Open Science Conference (OSC) 2026 in Oslo, APECS will host “Pathways to policy - Antarctic governance and science-based decision-making” - a workshop to support Early Career Researchers in contributing to policy making processes. This workshop is financially supported by the European Geoscience Union (EGU) through the EGU Training School scheme and thus a limited number of travel grants are available for participants of the workshop in support of their attendance of the SCAR OSC.

APECS South Africa, APECS Mexico, the UK Polar Network, APECS France, and APECS Uruguay, are running a global survey on outreach and science communication in polar science.

APPLY for the APECS Executive Committee to help shape our organization and influence the future of polar research!

The elections for the 2026-2027 APECS Executive Committee will be held during May, June and July 2026 for the term from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Application deadline: 15 June 2026 at 23:59 GMT 

The Ponant Explorations Group is pleased to announce an open call for scientific projects onboard the polar exploration vessel Le Commandant Charcot (LCC) in the Baltic Sea in November and December 2026. This project call is specifically for early career-led research projects and facilitated by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS). Scientists from any discipline are encouraged to apply and applicants may apply for both available cruises. The scientific berths are offered free of charge, although travel and shipping expenses to the port of departure/arrival are at the participant’s cost.

Join us for an APECS get-together during the upcoming EGU General Assembly in Vienna! Organized by APECS Germany and the APECS Executive Committee, we would like to invite you to our splinter meeting for networking, sharing experiences, presenting activities and much more. The meeting will be an open space for National Committees and Project Groups to present their activities, but also for any APECS member and those interested in becoming one and alumni, for meeting each other, asking questions and generally exchanging ideas and getting inspired!

We will meet on Monday 4 May 10:45-12:30 in Room 2.97 (SPM177). Don’t miss out on this opportunity for meeting fellow polar enthusiasts on the first day of the EGU!

APECS Italy and ECOP Italy, the Italian nodes of ECOP and APECS, joined forces at the Arctic Circle Rome Forum - Polar Dialogue (3-4 March 2026) with a joint booth dedicated to early-career polar and ocean professionals. Through conversations, networking and outreach materials, the initiative called "Bridging New Ocean and Polar Generations" created a space for dialogue across communities working at the intersection of polar and ocean science, supporting collaboration and inter generational exchange. The initiative has also been officially endorsed as a Decade Activity, recognizing its contribution to connecting early-career communities and strengthening collaboration across polar and ocean research. 

Photo: Giacomo Traversa

On 30 March 2026, Uruguay participated in the virtual panel "Latin America and Antarctica: History and Politics between the Second World War and the Antarctic Treaty (1945–1959)".

This high-level academic meeting was organised by the Centre for Latin American Studies at the Ohio State University (OSU). The event was co-sponsored by the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Centre (OSU), Native Antarcticans, the University of Chile, and the University of São Paulo. Furthermore, it featured the strategic collaboration of the national committees of APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay.