Polar and Alpine Community News

In addition to the medal & awards on the EGU union level, the EGU Division on Cryospheric Sciences awards two prizes each year:

• The Julia and Johannes Weertman Medal is reserved for individuals in recognition of their outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the cryosphere on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system.
• The Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award recognizes scientific achievements in the field covered by the cryospheric division, made by an early career scientist.

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is looking for early-career geoscience professionals to present (individually or as part of a panel) in a one-hour webinar as part of a series focusing on mapping. AGI will be hosting a series of webinars over the next year in which early-career geoscience professionals will share their work and will be compensated for their time. The intended audience of each webinar is high schoolers. Those who participate will act as “near peer” communicators about technologies and techniques related to mapping and geoscience careers in general. If you would like to be considered, please fill out this Google Form (https://forms.gle/hqnCCfpJ2V8AzTDJ9).

The International Commission on Polar Meteorology (ICPM) is a focus group for research into the meteorology and climatology of the Arctic and Antarctic. It is one of the ten commissions of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS), which is in turn part of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). You can find out more about ICPM here: https://www.iamas.org/icpm/ where you can also find our statutes.

SCAR launched its 2023 Antarctic-related Fellowships for early-career researchers today. Following the launch of the Polar Initiative in 2022 the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation has funded an additional SCAR fellowship and as a result SCAR will offer in total four to five fellowships of up to USD $15,000 each for 2023.

The Korea Polar Research Institute​ (KOPRI) is now accepting applications for the second call for the KOPRI Fellowship Program 2023. It has two schemes; the Arctic Fellowship Program and the Antarctic Fellowship Program and applicants should be either currently enrolled in a master or doctoral program or within 5 years of finishing their master or doctoral degree.

The Research school on changing climates in the coupled earth system (CHESS) invites PhD students to apply for a summer school on cryospheric monitoring and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction that will be held in the Lyngen Alps of Northern Norway between the 17^th and 22^nd of September. The course will focus on combining satellite observations and UAVs to study recent glaciers and rock glaciers changes, as well as lake sediment coring and quaternary field-based mapping to reconstruct longer-term changes over palaeo timescales. Thanks to generous support from the University of Bergen academia agreement 10 fully funded spots for PhD students working on related topics are being offered.

INSTANT Conference 2023 will be offering a limited number of travel grants to participate in the conference in Trieste from 11-14 September. Grants may cover part or all of the travel costs associated with participating in the conference. Applications will be considered only upon abstract submission. Please submit your application here.

The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) is seeking applications for co-leads for the Diversity and Inclusion Community of Practice. New co-leads will join Sarah Aarons (Scripps/UCSD), Tracie Curry (Northern Social Environmental Research), Allen Pope  (National Science Foundation), and Monika Sikand (Stevens Institute of Technology). We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and all career stages to apply.

PYRN is looking for 3 members to fill positions on the 2022-2024 ExComm! Joining the ExComm is a great way to meet other early career researchers from around the globe and develop collaborations with amazing new people. You’ll help with planning activities for young researchers, creating new opportunities for collaboration and sharing permafrost science, and support planning initiatives of both national and international permafrost conferences. If you are interested in applying, send a cv and a brief statement (200 words maximum) about your qualifications and why you are interested in the role to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by April 1, 2023.