APECS News

What puts the wind in your sails? The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), Women of the Arctic (WoA) and Women in Polar Science (WiPS) have teamed up to offer this event which brings together a diverse group of ocean leaders from across the Arctic.

APECS is seeking an additional Representative Coordinator (RC) to join the Council leadership team from March to June 2024. As a RC, you will coordinate the announcement and application process for ECR opportunities and APECS Representative positions amongst partner organizations of APECS. Note that this position requires a degree of commitment (around 1 hour/week), so please consider if you have the time to fulfil this role before applying.

In coordination with the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), Antarctic Science Ltd. is running a webinar to help potential applicants of 2024 Antarctic Science International Bursary. This bursary runs every year and is for up to £6000 to support PhD or early career researchers to extend the scope of an existing research project. More details here: http://www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/. A great opportunity to get top-up funding for that exciting idea of yours!

In recognition of her outstanding commitment to research excellence within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), Dr. Sonja Ostertag has been awarded the prestigious 2023 APECS Canada-ASA Mentor Award.

APECS, in collaboration with SIOS, is pleased to announce a new Project Group: the Svalbard ECR Network.

The APECS International Directorate will be closed Thursday 21 December through Wednesday 10 January due to winter holidays of its staff members. 

APECS was represented at the One Planet - Polar Summit in Paris, France between the 8th and 10th of November. This event gathered scientists, policy makers and civil society to discuss recent findings of the impacts of climate change on the polar and alpine regions and to discuss knowledge gaps that should be prioritized and supported by governments.

APECS members — here is your chance to join the APECS Council Leadership!

APECS is looking for two additional National Committee Coordinators: 

• 1 Full-term position for the rest of the current  term (until 30 September 2024)
• 1 Temporary position for two months (February and March 2024)

As a NCC, you will provide a link between the NC representatives on the Council, the Executive Committee, and the International Directorate. You will maintain communication with NC representatives and help renew partnership agreements between NCs and APECS. Note that this position requires a degree of commitment (around 1 hour/week), so please consider if you have the time to fulfil this role before applying.

The work of one of APECS’ Project Groups (PGs) was presented at the 17th Annual Earth System and Space Science Poster Conference on December 8 in Boulder, CO (US). Between 2018 and 2021, the “IPCC group review” PG organized six group reviews of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports.