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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)’s research programme Ant-ICON (Integrated Science to Inform Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation) is pleased to announce an interdisciplinary workshop on The Future of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Conservation in a Changing Climate.

📅 Date: 7-9 July 2025
📍 Venue: Académie du Climat, 2 Place Baudoyer, 4e arrondissement, Paris (in-person only)
💲 Cost: Free

This workshop aims to develop a roadmap providing the science needed to address Antarctic conservation priorities, focusing on those identified by the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP). It seeks to strengthen the science-policy interface and drive tangible conservation progress through interdisciplinary collaboration between social and natural sciences.

Applications are open for students and Teaching Assistants for the third edition of our Computational Tools for Climate Science course, taking place July 14th - 25th, 2025! This global program introduces computational methods for climate science. Students will learn cutting-edge techniques from climate experts, apply them through hands-on Python tutorials, and collaborate on research projects using real-world and modeled data to explore the social and environmental impacts of climate change. Learn more about the course here: https://neuromatch.io/computational-tools-for-climate-science-course/

Like in previous editions of the Living Planet Symposium, ESA is coordinating these grants on behalf of the European Commission as a part of the EU–ESA Copernicus Programme cooperation.

These student grants are open to  full-time MSc, PhD student or a Postdoc researcher in a university in one of the EU member states or Copernicus participating state.

Website with all the grant information: https://lps25.esa.int/student-grants/

Registration portal: https://www.registration.lps25.esa.int/living-planet-2025/copernicusgrants

At the Earth Science Women’s Network they are aware that there are many stressors on the Earth Sciences community at the moment. They know this may be having a negative impact, and presenting unexpected and unprecedented challenges.

Applications for the KOPRI Fellowship Program 2025 are now open. The program offers two fellowship schemes:

- KOPRI Antarctic Fellowship Program

Open to early career scientists from Chile or New Zealand who wish to visit and conduct research at KOPRI for up to three months

- KOPRI Asia Fellowship Program

Open to early career scientists from Asian countries who wish to visit and conduct research at KOPRI for up to three months.

Postgraduate Scholarships for Antarctic Research are open

APPLY NOW!

Women of the Arctic invites you to join for the first installment of their book club! This is a relaxed and cosy event, where participants will discuss interesting and timely books. Didn't have time to read the whole book? No stress, join us anyway!

The book club is launching with The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame: A Life of Louise Arner Boyd, by Joanna Kafarowski, and meeting on International Women's Day, March 8th. Joanna will join for a Q&A for the latter part of the meeting. Sohvi Kangasluoma, who herself sailed through the Northwest Passage last summer, will be leading this event. You can sign-up here!

UArctic and the Arctic Circle welcome nominations for the 2025 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award until April 30, 2025.

The Arctic Academic Action Award aims to further the development of new ideas that could contribute materially to preventing, mitigating, adapting, and reversing the effects of climate change in the Arctic. 100,000 euros of unrestricted funds are provided to the awardee to help facilitate the development of ideas and increase impact through outreach, engagement and communication.