Timeline of SPI's activities in the last decade
🎉 SPI turns 10! A decade of achievements and partnerships dedicated to supporting Swiss polar and high-altitude science. Take a look back with us: swisspolar.ch/about-us/spi...
#10Years #PolarScience #HighAltitude
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Pleased to share the news that the registration is now open for the 2nd Swiss Ocean Day, the networking event for the Swiss ocean community!
📆8 June
📍University of Bern
📝Register by 30.04 & more info: scnat.ch/en/uuid/i/0f...
👉 ECRs' abstracts welcome for the Open Forum
@scnat.ch
🚨 Online #workshop for Swiss-based polar researchers:
Co-organised with Antarctica New Zealand, our workshop is dedicated to scientists from both countries to exchange perspectives and identify shared priorities.
📅 23.04, 10am-12pm CEST / 8pm-10pm NZST | Online
🔗 Register by 13.04: chk.me/cdAPCbK
#TrainingOpportunity #Fieldwork #TeamCulture #SharingBestPractice
The success of scientific research often hinges on effective fieldwork, best achieved through a supportive and positive team culture.
Our next workshop will take place on 29 May in Sion:
swisspolar.ch/building-a-p...
"From conquering the unknown to a final glance of what we’ve lost": www.horizons-mag.ch/2026/03/05/f...
We thank @horizons-en.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about scientific research in the context of expeditions in polar regions!
À vos agendas!
📆02.03.
🎤 "Chercher la géographie avec les Inuinnait", conférence de Prof. Béatrice Collignon
🕰️ 12:30-13:30
📍UNIL, Sion-Bramois
🔗 www.unil.ch/events/17709...
💻 hybride
📽️Projection de deux films de Béatrice Collignon
🕰️ 18:00-20:00
📍UNIL, Sion-Bramois
🔗 www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...
🇦🇶 What concerns you most about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and why? 🇦🇶
SCAR is updating its Horizon Scan and we invite you to contribute.
🔷 Submit your response by 1 March 2026 and help focus international research where it is most needed: bit.ly/scar-horizon...
🌟 One week left! Submit your abstracts by 28 February 2026 🌟
The 12th SCAR Open Science Conference #SCAR2026 is just around the corner, and the final deadline to submit your abstracts is 28 February 2026, 23:59 UTC.
Don’t miss your chance to present your research in Oslo:
➡️ scar2026.org/abstracts
🚨 #PhD #JobOpportunity #PolarScience
We're pleased to share this open position for a PhD student in Polar Dynamical Meteorology at the Institute of Geography & the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
🎒 #TrainingOpportunity #Fieldwork
❄️ Our Health & Safety for Fieldwork course is still open for registrations:
🎯 First aid in the field with a focus on the cold and remote regions
📅 10-11 April 2026
🔗 swisspolar.ch/health-and-s...
youtu.be/YIzIlRxUack?...
The Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships, jointly funded with the Wolfson Foundation, are now open for applications. These fellowships enable UK institutions to attract international research leaders who wish to relocate. #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/royal-society-wol...
🎒 #FieldAndSummerSchools #TrainingOpportunity #ECRs
❄️ PermaCOST PhD Training School
📍Italy
📅 31.08-07.09.
🔗 Apply by 15.03: buff.ly/Ql4xVkI
❄️ International Remote Sensing Summer School
📍 Courmayeur, Italy
📅 7 - 11.09.
🔗 Apply by 28.02: buff.ly/kNq5ta9
💡Apply for SPI support: buff.ly/Q9jCTU3
The tragedy that struck in Crans-Montana has deeply affected us all. On the national day of mourning, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and their loved ones, and express our deepest sympathy to all those affected by this disaster. Our thoughts are with you.
La tragédie à Crans-Montana nous a tous profondément ébranlés. En ce jour de deuil national, nous adressons nos sincères condoléances aux familles des victimes et à leurs proches, et exprimons notre profonde sympathie à tous ceux qui sont touchés par cette catastrophe. Nos pensées vous accompagnent.
🎒 #FieldAndSummerSchools #TrainingOpportunity for ECRs in polar science:
❄️ GRISO Summer School 2026
📍 Nuuk, Greenland
📅 18-29 May
🔗 Apply by 21 January: lnkd.in/eVKKWSrs
💡Apply for SPI support: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
[REMINDER] #fundingopportunity #ECRs #polarscience
🚨 Our Polar Access Fund and PolARTS calls are closing soon!
We look forward to your applications.
Polar Access Fund deadline: 20 January ➡️ swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
PolARTS deadline: 31 January ➡️ swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
We gently remind you of our currently #OpenCalls:
❄️ POLAR ACCESS FUND for 🇨🇭-based #ECRs
🚨 Applications welcome by 20 January
📝 swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
❄️ POLARTS for 🇨🇭 art-science tandems
🚨 Applications welcome by 31 January
📝 swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
#PolarScience #Funding
#TrainingOpportunity
📍 Alaska
Juneau Icefield Research Program
🔗 Apply by 21 Dec: buff.ly/HOD9hQY
International Summer School in Glaciology
🔗 Apply by 10 Jan: buff.ly/E6ayC4O
📍 Italy
Ice sheets and glaciers in the climate system
🔗 Apply by 10 Jan: buff.ly/VGiyY0a
💡 SPI support: buff.ly/5qAuCaX
#OpenCall The Polar Access Fund for early-career researchers in polar science is now open!
Applications welcome by 20 January 2026, 12:00 (noon, Swiss time)
Access the call documents: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
We look forward to your applications!
#fieldwork #Arctic #Antarctica
#OpenCall [REMINDER] - The call for applications closes on 31 October, 11pm CET. If you are an early-career researcher in polar and high-altitude science and wish to apply
👉 headstartswiss.au/home/mertz-f...
#internationalcollaboration
SURVEY | Dear Swiss polar research community, we invite you to contribute to the international survey "Science under Pressure" - Reflecting on conditions, practices and institutional structures for sustainable polar research
👉 www.rug.nl/research/arc...
⏰Closing soon: The calls for SPI Exploratory Grants & SPI Technogrants are closing on Thursday 9 October at noon, Swiss time.
Apply for an SPI Exploratory Grant: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
Apply for an SPI Technogrant: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
We look forward to your proposals!
[Reminder] The SPI Exploratory Grants & SPI Technogrants calls close on 9 October. We look forward to your proposals!
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🎒 Upcoming #FieldandSummerSchool opportunity:
𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 (𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆) 𝗘𝗚𝗨 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
⏰ apply by 15 October
📍 @slfdavos.bsky.social , Davos, CH
📅22 – 28 Feb 2026
🔗 www.slf.ch/en/about-the...
💡 Apply for SPI support: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
OPEN CALL: Mertz Fellowship 2025
A partnership between @swissembassyaus.bsky.social, Swissnex, Antarctic Science Foundation and @swisspolar.bsky.social, the call welcomes applications from #ECRs in polar and alpine science based in CH and AU by 31 Oct, 11pm CET
👉 headstartswiss.au/home/mertz-f...
🏔️New paper by the #PAMIR research team!
💡It offers valuable insights into the Pamir-Karakoram Anomaly, a region where glaciers previously resisted the impacts of climate change: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
About the project: pamir-project.ch
#IYPG2025 #internationalcollaboration #glaciers
Today, the "Greenland. Everything changes" #exhibition at the ALPS Museum in #Bern starts its new ‘imFokus’ event series
Join the conversation on current developments in #Greenland, the events will allow plenty of room for questions and discussion.
More information: alps.museum/en/events/im...
📣 #OpenCall
The new PolARTS call for proposals is now open!
💡 A joint initiative by Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute, PolARTS aims to encourage exchange and foster collaboration between #arts and #polarscience.
Deadline: 31.01.2026
ℹ️https://swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-instruments/polarts/
The CYANACTALP project has completed its final #Arctic field campaign.
How does climate-driven greening of lake shores affect #cyanobacteria? Research by Camilla Capelli #SUPSI, in collaboration with #INRS, hosted at the Italian research station #DirigibileItalia thanks to #SwissPolarInstitute.