Polar and Alpine Community News

INSTANT Conference 2023 will be offering a limited number of travel grants to participate in the conference in Trieste from 11-14 September. Grants may cover part or all of the travel costs associated with participating in the conference. Applications will be considered only upon abstract submission. Please submit your application here.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is seeking applications for co-leads for the Diversity and Inclusion Community of Practice. New co-leads will join Sarah Aarons (Scripps/UCSD), Tracie Curry (Northern Social Environmental Research), Allen Pope  (National Science Foundation), and Monika Sikand (Stevens Institute of Technology). We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and all career stages to apply.

PYRN is looking for 3 members to fill positions on the 2022-2024 ExComm! Joining the ExComm is a great way to meet other early career researchers from around the globe and develop collaborations with amazing new people. You’ll help with planning activities for young researchers, creating new opportunities for collaboration and sharing permafrost science, and support planning initiatives of both national and international permafrost conferences. If you are interested in applying, send a cv and a brief statement (200 words maximum) about your qualifications and why you are interested in the role to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by April 1, 2023.

To support and increase the number of Early Career (ECS) and Indigenous Scientists (IS) at the IGS Symposium on Sea Ice – Across Temporal and Spatial Scales, together with partners, we offer funding to partially cover the expenses to attend the conference.

Key facts:

• Prerequisite: early career scientist (up to five years after PhD) or indigenous scientist
• Support will cover the symposium registration fee (if registered before the Early-bird deadline 28 March 2023) and variable travel support depending on location of residence (300€–1000€).

Please visit the Early Career support section on the local website.

This autumn SIOS will offer a training course “Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles in Svalbard (UAV4Svalbard)” to teach the effective use of UAVs in Svalbard research. 

Explore an Arctic research facility first excavated in the 1960s, including features such as ice wedges as tall as houses, green grass from thousands of years ago, and bison bones embedded in permafrost. Some features are up to 40,000 years old! Learn about current research and rapid changes happening to permafrost. Be one of the first to experience this guided virtual reality tour of a facility seldom open to the public. 

The Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the SCAR invite nominations of qualified individuals to serve on the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee (SSC), for terms beginning on 1 August 2023. 

SOOS SSC members are selected for their scientific excellence and standing in a field of Southern Ocean science that is relevant to at least one of the SOOS Science Themes or Foundational Capabilities in the SOOS Science and Implementation Plan (2021-2025), and connection to, and representation of a SOOS-relevant community or program. The SOOS objectives are multidisciplinary and integrated, thus SSC members need to have interests in developing and planning of system-scale implementation strategies, beyond their core scientific interests. The SSC membership strives to maintain diversity through disciplinary, nationality, gender and career-stage balance. Information on current SOOS SSC members is available here. Membership on the SSC is for a three-year period, with the potential for renewal for an additional three years, on approval of the SOOS Executive Committee, SCAR and SCOR.