Attending ASSW 2026?
Join our workshop on preparedness for safe and inclusive fieldwork: supporting Early Career Researchers and how PI’s can learn from us…
🗓 Sun 29 March | 13:30
📍 Richard Mortensen room (and online)
#ASSW2026 #ArcticResearch #ECRs
@apecs-denmark.bsky.social
🎥 Missed our Proposal Review Workshop? Catch the recording here: youtu.be/wWuhvajVR8U?...
Co-hosted with
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social
, it’s packed with tips for Early Career Researchers on what reviewers look for in proposals.💡
🎙️ Expert panel + Q&A
#PolarScience #ECR #GrantWriting #UKPN #USAPECS
📢 Join us for the next edition of the Polar Book Club!
📚 We will read "Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland" by Tété-Michel Kpomassie.
🕑 2nd October 2025, 3pm GMT
Registrations here: lnkd.in/ezxdCnqF
📣Missed the deadline to apply for our upcoming polar field skills course this winter?
📅 Don't worry, by request we've extended the deadline to THIS FRIDAY (September 12th 2025). For more details: polarnetwork.org/events/polar...
⏰ Deadline reminder!
There's still chance to apply to join the UK Polar Network Committee for 2025/26! Fill in the application form by the 18th August. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Any questions, drop us a message! 👋
📣 We are delighted to announce PolarSTEP, an intensive field-course for UK-based early career polar scientists and professionals!
PolarSTEP will bring together ECR's and professionals for a field course designed to provide a mix of polar field skills! ⛺🧊
Apply here docs.google.com/forms/d/1aEK...
📣 Join the UK Polar Network Committee!
Are you interested in supporting polar ECR's through networking, education and outreach, and making polar science a welcoming, and inclusive place for all?
🚨 To apply, fill in the application form below by the 18th August 2025
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📝 The UK's Environmental Audit Committee report on the UK and the Antarctic environment for which UKPN submitted written evidence has been published. Read it here ⬇️
Fantastic work, Ravidu! 👏
Congratulations to our talented Year 7 student, Ravidu, for winning @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social’s Antarctica Day Flag Competition! 🌟🇦🇶🐧
His incredible design was selected to travel all the way to Antarctica, where it was displayed at the Rothera Research Station by marine biologist, Pati Glaz. 👏
A group of 7 BAT stakeholders sat around a meeting table, with a wide video conferencing screen in the background with more online attendees
On Thursday, I attended the British Antarctic Territory's annual stakeholder meeting, representing @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social. It was a great opportunity to think about new collaboration opportunities to promote polar research, and share UK Polar Network's excellent work this year
Check out what went down at the Nottingham and Cardiff Science Festivals earlier this year! 🧊 Thanks to the UKPN Festivals Team for hosting 2 fantastic events! 👏
Read our latest blog post here ➡️ polarnetwork.org/2025/05/uk-p...
✍️Join us for an online peer review workshop!
A webinar aimed at helping ECRS navigate and better understand how to peer review journal articles successfully.
📍 Zoom bas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98922453196
📅 Wednesday 7th May 2025
⏰ 17:00-18:00 BST
See you there!
Are you a secondary school student or teacher? Can you speak French? Would you like to write to Antarctica?
UKPN & APECS-France are working in partnership to produce a Language Polar Pen Pals Scheme for a letter exchange scheme. Find out more here!
Early Career Research programme onboard R/V Skagerak to Greenland in August 2025! Apply now!
9-day science and ship-based training cruise to central-east Greenland, starting and ending in Reykjavik onboard the R/V Skagerak.
Find out more here: www.polar.se/nyheter/2025...
A team of scientists and engineers will head to Greenland next month to test fly drones in the Arctic, in the hope of pioneering a new low-cost surveillance system that will transform monitoring of the ice sheets.
Newsletter screen grab with images of fire burning on fields, person on a boat in Antarctica, and willow bioenergy crop
📰 Catch up with our latest news including:
🔥 Climate change amplifying UK fire risk
⛈️ New projects on early warnings of climate tipping points & storms
🎶 Musical tech meets moth activity
🧊 Antarctica fieldwork report
🪰 🐝 And get ready to count pollinators!
buff.ly/H587YMp 🧪
Our partners have also announced opportunities for early-career professionals today:
➡️ COMNAP // Deadline: 1 June 2025: www.comnap.aq/early-career...
➡️ IAATO // Deadline: 1 June 2025: iaato.org/supporting-s...
➡️ CCAMLR // will open later this year: www.ccamlr.org/en/science/c...
🚨 Applications for the 2025 SCAR Fellowships are now open! 🚨
With up to $15,000 in funding and 4–5 fellowships available, this is your chance to collaborate internationally and advance your research.
➡️ Apply by 31 July 2025
scar.org/scar-news/20...
Lots of over-heating #penguins & melting #ice at #Nottingham Central Library #science day with UKPN\ @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social #polar #outreach #education #Antarctica #Arctic
Good times at the Cardiff Science Festival this weekend! Thanks to our wonderful volunteers ☺️
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social festivals team ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Very artsy pictures for the Nottingham Science Festival team!
Everyone who worked on the event, from the organisers to the library staff, were a dream to work with. And thanks to our volunteers!
@ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social festivals 🤩🤩
Built some great 'Polar Bridges' @ 6th International Workshop for @polareducators.bsky.social #PEI2025-USA in Boulder #assw2025 #icarpiv @scottpolar.bsky.social @ukpolarnetwork.bsky.social @iasc-arctic.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social
For more on the aims of AntClimNow, visit: AntClimNow Research Programmes.
We look forward to your applications!
Deadlines:
Abstract submission: 25th February 2025.
Travel Award application: 4th March 2025.
Notification of awards: 17 March 2025 (conditional on abstract acceptance)
GOOGLE FORM LINK: forms.gle/D3R88aVAsDo5...
Estimated travel and registration costs.
Other funding sources (applied for or secured).
Your submitted abstract (relevant to Antarctic climate variability on the scale of years to decades).
Required Information:
A brief description of your ECR status (if applicable).
Explanation of how your research aligns with AntClimNow and how attending will benefit you.
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