Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) will host a training course on "Satellite and Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Remote Sensing of the Arctic Biosphere" in Longyearbyen, Svalbard between Monday 14 September and Saturday 19 September.
Polar and Alpine Community News
© Alexey Pavlov, Caroline Coch, Alice Bradley, Adrian Dahood, Elizabeth Erickson (left to right)
In our Polar and Alpine Community News we feature news from the many partners that APECS is working with, as well as other news from a variety of sources related to research in the Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine regions as well as the wider Cryosphere. Many thanks to APECS members and the wider Polar research community for contributing to this shared resources!
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We keep only the news of the last 3 months on this page. Older news can be accessed in our Polar and Alpine News Archive.
Call for proposals: FOREL – Mackenzie Delta (PAP-27)
Research sailing vessel Forel Photo: Richard Mardens
The Forel Heritage Association is launching a call for proposals for a scientific mission aboard the
research sailing vessel FOREL, operating in the Mackenzie River Delta as part of the PAP-27
Program.
Call for nominations: 2026 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award
UArctic and the Arctic Circle welcome nominations for the 2026 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award. The Award aims to further the development of new ideas that could contribute materially to preventing, mitigating, adapting, and reversing the effects of climate change in the Arctic. 100,000 euros of unrestricted funds are provided to the awardee to help facilitate the development of ideas and increase impact through outreach, engagement and communication.
The call for nominations is open until April 30, 2026. More information, including the full call, is available at https://www.uarctic.org/activities/awards-grants/action-award/.
GRISO Summer School 2026 – A Collaborative Future: Strengthening Science and Connections in Greenland
Applications are now open for the Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Science (GRISO) Network Summer School in Nuuk, Greenland, to be held May 18-29, 2026. The theme is A Collaborative Future: Strengthening Science & Connections in Greenland.
The GRISO Summer School emphasizes both Greenland science and building collaboration, communication, and complex problem-solving skills across disciplines. The primary audience for the summer school is advanced PhD students and early postdocs. This year’s instructors are Twila Moon (NSIDC/University of Colorado), Till Wagner (University of Wisconsin), Kirstin Schulz (University of Texas), and Aleah Sommers (Dartmouth College). The summer school will also include interactions with the scientific community in Nuuk.
Applications are open now and will close on January 21, 2026. Participants will be notified of acceptance via email by the end of February 2026.
More details and the application link are available online at: https://griso.ucsd.edu/griso-summer-school-2026/
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Apply for the 2026 Toolik Field Station early career Tundra Award
Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the Tundra Award for the 2026 field season. This competitive award sponsors independent and original Arctic research projects with up to 10 days at Toolik Field Station in Arctic Alaska. Toolik will provide award recipients with housing, meals, access to facilities and common-use equipment, science support and transportation between Fairbanks and the field station.
Support safer field environments — join the ADVANCEing FieldSafety program!
The ADVANCEing FieldSafety program consists of three main components:
A 7-module online course that focuses on creating a safe field environment, fostering a safe field culture, and building teams from varied backgrounds.
Two 90-minute, interactive online workshops—one that provides practice in bystander intervention strategies and another that models how to compose norms agreements.
A toolkit of resources such as checklists, fillable documents, and implementation guides that can be customized for a wide range of field contexts.
PSECCO webinar: Creating a Stellar Job Application: CVs, Cover Letters, and Strategic Networking
Join PSECCO online for a ‘Creating a Stellar Job Application: CVs, Cover Letters, and Strategic Networking’ webinar on Thursday, November 20, 2025, 8am AKT | 10am MT | 12pm ET!
Are you interested in learning how to craft an effective application for your next career move? What makes a cover letter, CV, or resume stand out? The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) is excited to host Jimena Ugaz from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Human Resources Team for a discussion on effective cover letters, key differences between CVs and resume, and utilizing LinkedIn for networking. This event format will be a 35-minute presentation, with a 15-minute Q&A session. Content will be developed by CIRES, with the event hosted by PSECCO. To register for this event, visit this webpage.
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ScaliFar 2026 A Scalidophora PhD and Master’s course in the Faroe Islands
ScaliFar is a PhD- and Master’s course about systematics, morphology and ecology of the scalidophoran taxa, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera and Priapulida. The course is organised within the UArctic Network, and in collaboration with the University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Island’s National Museum, BioFar, the Natural History Museum of Denmark and four additional universities and research institutions.
The course is a one-week’s field course and takes place in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands on July 15 to 22, 2026.
Early Career Researchers at ASSW 2026 Science Day
The Science Day at Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2026 on 29 March 2026 will bring together researchers, Indigenous knowledge holders, and Arctic stakeholders to share recent advances in Arctic science. This one-day event will feature parallel thematic sessions reflecting the five IASC Working Group themes: Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial, along with a dedicated Indigenous-led Research and Knowledge Co-production session and one session showcasing Cross-disciplinary research.
