Polar and Alpine Community News

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.

The Arctic Centre invites registration for their Winter School. The theme of the Winter School is Our Connection with a Fast-Changing Arctic, and will take place 16-20 January 2023 in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Hosted by the Arctic Centre, the Winter School is aimed at (inter-) national civil servants and policy makers, politicians, managers, financial experts, (young) academics, and PhD students who are looking for a nuanced and wide-ranging understanding of the Arctic.

"Sail with us on the Arctic routes"

The EU Horizon 2020 funded project ARICE has developed a novel 3D icebreaker platform that will be launched at an event in the headquarters of CNR in Bologna, Italy, on the 17.06.2022 from 4:00 to 5:15 pm CEST (2:00 to 3:15 pm GMT). You can join the event online, register here.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) announces their upcoming IARPC Program Manager Chat webinar, Early Career Opportunities in Arctic Research. This webinar will take place 23 June 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. AKDT.

Join IARPC for a federal program manager chat about research, funding, internship, employment, and other opportunities available for early career researchers in Arctic sciences.