APECS News

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Dear APECS Members,

As we, your new Executive Committee, begin our term, we would like to thank everyone that’s trusted us to lead APECS over the next twelve months. We are incredibly excited to help you this term and take on this new role. Most of all, however, we’d like to thank you, the members. It is thanks to everyone in APECS who, since 2007, has written this organization’s history and made us a key organization for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) working in the polar, alpine, and wider cryosphere regions. 

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Fellowship Program is meant to engage early career scientists and Arctic Indigenous scholars and knowledge holders in the work of the IASC Working Groups (WGs) — Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human and Terrestrial — and the work of the Sustaining Arctic Observing Network (SAON)'s Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems (ROADS).

The APECS International Directorate organizes the application review process and invites anyone who did not / will not apply for the IASC Fellowships this year to help.

IASC Fellowship Program 2024

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), in cooperation with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation (PA2F) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), is launching its IASC Fellowships Program 2024.

The application deadline is on 18 October at 13:00 GMT. All of the information below is also available on the IASC Fellowship Program webpage.  

We're excited to announce the presenters and the official schedule for September Polar Week 2023. Please mark your calendars and join us via Zoom for a series of webinars. Our speakers come from various parts of the world and will delve into a wide range of polar topics, from Inuit art to the mass balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. These webinars are open to everyone, regardless of your career stage or occupation. Bring your enthusiasm for the polar regions, your questions for the speakers, and engage in public discussions.

APECS Denmark and APECS Iceland are involved in the organization of the Arctic Innovation Lab at the 2023 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland. Join the event, contribute to the discussion and pitch solutions to Arctic challenges!

World Mental Health Day is coming up on October 10th! With its start in 1992, the International Day is focused on raising awareness and education around social stigma and providing a space for open sharing of ideas, experiences, and resources directed at mental health issues. Mindful of this, the APECS Mental Health Resources Project Group would like to bring light to the Mental Health Database that is already available on the APECS Website. The Database provides easy access to information on the understanding of different issues, how to improve one's mental health, and how to know when to reach out for professional help; the resources are not limited to STEM fields and academics. Additionally, there is a short survey available regarding the use of Mental Health Apps, and we kindly ask you (and greatly appreciate it!) if you could spend about three minutes filling it out. You can find the survey here. Thank you! Please help us spread the word and raise awareness.

APECS, APECS Norway and SIOS have teamed up to offer two ECR workshops at the Svalbard Science Conference 2023:

• 30 October: Research in Svalbard: An APECS Workshop (APECS Norway)
• 2 November: Shaping the future of polar research data (APECS / SIOS)

Guess what? Polar Week is around the corner, from September 18th to 24th, 2023! Early career researchers, established scientists, and everyone with a deep interest or passion for Polar Regions are welcome! Do you have a project, event, or idea to highlight, or would you like feedback on your innovative proposal, or upcoming research? Share it with us! We're all about showing off the exciting things happening in the APECS polar community, and we want you to be part of the September edition.