Polar and Alpine Community News

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

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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.

The Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Science (GRISO) network will host the fourth GRISO Summer School in Nuuk, Greenland during September 8-19, 2025. The topic is "From Ice to Impact: Understanding Greenland’s Glaciers and Coastal Change”.

The GRISO Summer School emphasizes Greenland science and building collaboration, communication, and complex problem-solving skills across disciplines. Participants in the summer school will:

• Learn about the state of science and research techniques pertaining to Greenland's ice sheet and ocean margins.
• Develop skills in cross-discipline collaboration and communication to explore cutting-edge system science topics facilitated by experts from Knowinnovation.
• Build and strengthen research community connections, especially a healthy and strong early career network.

School and application information is available at https://griso.ucsd.edu/griso-summer-school-2025/. Applications are due 2 March 2025.

Photo: Twila Moon, NSIDC

The Polar Impact Mentorship Initiative warmly invites the polar research community to join them and explore what contributes to “successful” collaborations! During this hour-long panel discussion, panelist will consider collaborations through multiple lenses and embrace the benefits that come from engaging with interdisciplinary research groups, policy and decision makers, and Indigenous and local community members. Whether you are building a career in polar research, have decades of polar experience, or want to learn more about how communities, scientists, and decision makers can better work together to solve complex problems, this panel discussion will offer insights and inspiration for all!  

POTSDAM SUMMER SCHOOL 2025
BEYOND 2030 – TRAJECTORIES & PRIORITIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

From September 15 until September 19 in Potsdam, Germany

SCAR INSTANT Programme invites you to the online ECR Flash Talks Event designed specifically for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in Antarctic research. Whether your focus is on ice sheet dynamics, biology, atmospheric sciences, or social impacts of Antarctic research, this event is a great opportunity to share your research in a low-pressure and friendly setting. Either come along and share your research, or join the audience to find out what others are doing.