Polar and Alpine Community News

The U.S. Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) is supporting development of 4 Convergence Working Groups to address collaboratively issues of critical importance to NNA projects and Arctic communities. Each group will work together under a broad theme, with the working group members together determining a more focused set of activities and group outcomes. Before beginning the process of developing team co-leads and participants, the NNA-CO is seeking community input on the themes that might become Convergence Working Group focus areas.

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP) invite registration for their upcoming NSF Polar Program Officer Chat for Early Career Scientists webinar. This webinar will take place 12 July 2022, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. AKDT (3:00-4:30 p.m. EDT).

The first hour of the webinar will be an entry-level overview of the Office of Polar Programs, and information directly relevant to polar early career scientists.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Earth Observation (EO) training course in collaboration with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

The course will take place from 19 – 23 September 2022 at the premises of the Andoya Space Centre (ASC) in Andenes*, Norway.

Application deadline: 15 July 2022

Are you considering applying for the 2022/23 NERC Independent Research Fellowship (IRF) round? Unsure of what to include in your application? Want to learn more from those who work on and have experience of the fellowship?

Join us on July 13th at 1000 UTC! This event will focus on applying for the NERC IRF and we hope to set you up for application success!

The Navigating the New Arctic Community Office (NNA-CO) is hosting a photo contest to showcase the beauty of the Arctic and its peoples, along with all the work that goes into NNA research.

Organizers invite photos of fieldwork, research stations and sites, communities and life in the Arctic (with permissions), wildlife, natural landscapes, and cultural landscapes. There will be prizes for the top three photo submissions, as well as for seven honorable mentions. The NNA-CO plans to use the submitted photos for outreach, engagement, and communications about NNA.

The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) announces a new PSECCO community Slack channel. Polar early career scientists can use the channel to make informal connections; ask questions about polar science, papers, or data; plan meet-ups at conferences; and simply engage with other polar early career scientists.

The Alaska Fellows Program (AFP) is now accepting applications for the 2022/23 program year. There are multiple nine-month positions available with locations in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, and Sitka, Alaska.

The Alaska Fellows Program is a fall-to-spring residential fellowship program that nurtures the next generation of Alaska-based leaders by pairing talented young people with strong communities and professional mentors. Fellows serve with a dynamic non-profit or public-sector organization for the fellowship term and receive modest living stipends and housing. Fellows live communally, work closely with professional mentors, and make lasting contributions to their host community.