APECS News

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) are looking for an early career scientist to join the SOOS Southern Ocean Air-Sea Flux Capability Working Group (SOFLUX CWG).

SOFLUX interests include fluxes of heat, fresh water, momentum, and gases. SOFLUX has several active themes:

• coordinating in situ observations of air-sea fluxes, including promoting process studies and sustained observations;
• evaluating requirements for air-sea fluxes;
• building links to modelling, assimilation, and satellite observations to provide a global assessment of air-sea fluxes;
• supporting communication in the community through a newsletter and a webinar series.

Do you want to contribute to APECS and be a part of our Council? Applications for Council Leadership and Project Group Leader positions are now open! 

The 2025-2026 Council term is from 1 October 2025 through 30 September 2026. APECS Council members value the international networks they develop through the Council, as well as the recognition and accomplishments they gain through their work. 

The APECS International Directorate will be closed 30 June - 27 July 2025 due to summer holidays of its staff members.

The 2025 Arctic Science to Art (AS2A) contest has been launched and is bigger and better than ever with support from ArcticNet, the Centre for Northern Studies (CEN) and the Arctic Research Foundation. We are currently seeking applications from early career researchers based in Canada, working in the Arctic and affiliated with a Canadian institution for a chance to be paired with an northern artist and turn your work into a comic strip!

The UKPN and US APECS hosted their joint-event with an online workshop tailored around the peer review process. The workshop was hosted online on May 7th.

This interactive workshop was aimed at Early Career Researchers (ECR) where speakers provided their own personal insights and perspectives whilst ECRs were given the opportunity to ask questions.

APPLY for the APECS Executive Committee to help shape our organization and influence the future of polar research!

The elections for the 2025-2026 APECS Executive Committee will be held during May, June, July and August 2025 for the term from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026.

Application deadline: 28 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT (deadline extended from 1 June)

From 22–24 March 2025, 120 polar early career researchers (ECRs) gathered for the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) and developed 12 vision statements, 75 priorities, and 186 reasonings and actions. This material will guide international priority setting and coordination processes in polar research, like the 4th International Conference on Arctic Research Planning and the International Polar Year 2032-2033.

APECS and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) are seeking up to three Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to join the International Scientific Organising Committee (ISOC) for the SCAR Open Science Conference (OSC) 2026 in Oslo, Norway, from 10 - 14 August 2026.