US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)

❄️ 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗨𝗦-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿/𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 $𝟱𝟬! Take the survey here: princetonsurvey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

New preprint from USAPECS! ❄️ We surveyed US polar & cryo ECRs about recent science policy and funding changes. Key findings: • >90% worried about science funding, policy and jobs • 72% reported reduced research motivation • 44% considering leaving polar/cryo Preprint: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...

2026-27 IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program Promotion Sign-ups for this year's session  are now open! For more information and to register by Sept 9, please visit: www.iarpccollaborations.org/iarpc-collab...

In case you missed it: the recording of “Updating the Researcher’s Toolkit: Policy Engagement for a Changing Funding Landscape” webinar by US APECS is now available. Watch the panel on science advocacy, policymaker engagement, and research funding: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lgc...

📢 Join Webinar on Updating the Researcher’s Toolkit: Policy Engagement for a Changing Funding Landscape on July 9, 2026, at 2 PM ET. Learn how to effectively engage policymakers, communicate research impact, and navigate a changing funding environment. 🔗 Register: iarpc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢 Join Webinar on Updating the Researcher’s Toolkit: Policy Engagement for a Changing Funding Landscape on July 9, 2026, at 2 PM ET. Learn how to effectively engage policymakers, communicate research impact, and navigate a changing funding environment. 🔗 Register: iarpc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

IARPC is seeking an Early Career Community of Practice (ECCP) co-lead! The ECCP encourages sharing information, news, and events relevant to early career development within the Arctic sciences and facilitates the IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program. More info and to apply: tinyurl.com/iarpc-eccp

The very first blog in the USAPECS “Reimagining Data in Polar Science” series is live! Read how Marion McKenzie and the CryoCommunity are breaking down fieldwork barriers through a new gear-sharing platform for early career polar scientists. Read it here: www.usapecs.org/post/pass-it...

Join us for “Building Effective Collaborations: Perspectives from AAPI scientists in Cryosphere Research” 🌏❄️ Hosted in collaboration with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences 🗓 May 14 ⏰ 12–1:30 PDT / 3–4:30 EDT 🔗 Register: uci.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Open to all - don’t miss it!

Friday, Day 5: Polar Film Festival (PFF) theme: Arctic Adventures. Access all films, see the daily highlights, read a mini-blog from the filmmakers, and more at: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

Thursday, Day 4: Polar Film Festival (PFF) theme: Alpine Science. Access all films, see the daily highlights, read a mini-blog from the filmmakers, and register for Friday's Filmmaker's Roundtable at: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

Wednesday, Day 3: Polar Film Festival (PFF) theme: Polar Living & Wildlife. Access all films, see the daily highlights, read a mini-blog from the filmmakers, and register for Friday's Filmmaker's Roundtable at: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

Tuesday, Day 2: Polar Film Festival (PFF) theme: Impacts of the Climate Crisis. Access all films, see the daily highlights, read a mini-blog from the filmmakers, and register for Friday's Filmmaker's Roundtable at: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

Monday, Day 1: Polar Film Festival (PFF) theme: Through an Artistic Lens. Access all films, see the daily highlights, read a mini-blog from the filmmakers, and register for Friday's Filmmaker's Roundtable at: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

The deadline to email your interest in this year's blog series has been extended to this Friday (13th). The themes this year are centred around contemporary advances and challenges in obtaining data for polar research - whether those are societal, environmental, technological, or something else!

USAPECS’s 10th Annual International Polar Film Festival (PFF) is live from March 16-March 20, 2026 at www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f.... Showcases one of the best recent films about the polar and alpine regions. Roundtable filmmaker discussion (3/20) registration here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Final Call! 10th Annual International Polar Film Festival USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the International Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026! Submit your film by Feb 13th: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

10th Annual International Polar Film Festival [films due: Feb 13] USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the International Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026! Submit your film by Feb 13th: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

USAPECS had a strong presence at AGU 2025, co-organizing the Polar ECR Social with @psecco.bsky.social & presenting an invited talk on challenges facing polar ECRs. 📣 ECR Survey is still open (undergrad upto < 10 years of PhD): princetonsurvey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Happy New Year 2026!

📢 GRISO Summer School 2026 | Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱 Applications now open for the Greenland Ice Sheet–Ocean Science (GRISO)Summer School (May 18–29, 2026). For advanced PhD students & early postdocs. 🗓 Deadline: Jan 21, 2026 🔗 griso.ucsd.edu/griso-summer...

I'm on the blog team this year and we're really hoping for submissions featuring the huge range of polar research disciplines in the US. If you've got a story about recent adaptations, challenges, or improvements in your field, from new satellites to Arctic community initiatives, get in touch! ❄🥼🛠

Our 2025-26 call for blog posts is out now! If you work in Arctic, polar, or cryospheric science, we want to hear about your experiences relating to this year's blog theme: "Reimagining Data in Polar Science". Send us an email by Feb 20th to register your interest! www.usapecs.org/post/2025-26...

At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled. One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood. Read more here: eos.org/research-and...

Submit an abstract for the UArctic Congress 2026!

Student applications are open for the 2026 Juneau Icefield Research Program Undergraduate Field Course! Where can I find more information? Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at office@juneauicefield.org.

Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the Tundra Award for the 2026 field season! Applications are due Feb. 15, 2026. For more information visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or uaf-toolik-communication@alaska.edu.

Happy Antarctica Day, everyone! Reposting beautiful photos from @laurinovakphoto.bsky.social ! ❄️🐧🦭

This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there. Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...

Heading to AGU this December? Be sure to register for the AGU Social for Polar Early Career Researchers happening on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, from 6:30 - 8:30pm. This event is co-hosted by PSECCO, USAPECS, Polar Impact and the USPA Community Care Committee.

The NNA-CO team would like to remind the NNA community to please save the dates for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting. Next year’s meeting will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska during September 15-17, 2026.

Our latest Collaborator Highlight features @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social, a valued partner of the Arctic Data Center and a major hub for Arctic research. Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202... ❄️🌱

Happy (belated) Polar Pride Day! 🌈 ❄️ Yesterday the international polar science community celebrated the contributions of our LGBTQ+ colleagues. It is crucial to create welcoming & inclusive environments for everyone. We stand with the LGBTQ+ community! Image credit: @polarpride.bsky.social

10th Annual International Polar Film Festival ❄️📸⛷️ USAPECS is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the international Polar Film Festival (PFF) in March 2026! Learn more and submit your film to the festival here: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...

🧊 Are you a US polar or cryo early career researcher? 🌎✨ Take our 10–15 min anonymous survey about how science policy & funding changes affect ECRs. 💡 Enter an optional gift card raffle using a separate form! 🔗 Survey: princetonsurvey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 📩 Questions? USAPECS@gmail.com

Register for the 4th Annual Polar Early Career Social at AGU Fall Meeting 2025!

📢 The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists is inviting bids to host the APECS International Directorate starting in 2027! Supporting 5800+ early career polar researchers worldwide 🔹 Expressions of interest due: Dec 14, 2025 🔹 Full bids due: Feb 15, 2026 www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...

Impossible to ignore what’s happening to #Arctic temperatures in the month of November... Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.

🌎🧭 The ADVANCEing FieldSafety (AFS: fieldsafe.colorado.edu ) program helps build safer, more inclusive field environments through a 7-module course, two interactive workshops, and a customizable safety toolkit. Open to all career stages—register here: 👉 ceee.colorado.edu/events

APECS Spain is launching an initiative to help Antarctic researchers (young and senior alike!) connect before and after campaigns. If you’re passing through Ushuaia or Punta Arenas this summer, fill out this quick form to help organize meetups and spark collaborations: 👉 forms.gle/szSrLGCuXsFj...

📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling. ➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)

New video: A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula experienced the fastest retreat recorded in modern history—in just two months, nearly 50 percent of the glacier disintegrated. Watch this video to understand what happened. Study by @ciresnews #Antarctica #glaciermelt

We were researching the history of Rothera Research Station, and stumbled across this incredible photo. It's giving Batcopter 🚁 The UK's first major aerial survey of the Antarctic Peninsula was 1955-57. The Falkland Island Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition used flying boats and helicopters ⬇️

USAPECS and COLDEX are proud to partner for Assessing Challenges for Polar Early Career Scientists During Science Policy Upheaval through the Polar Partnership Networking Event Collaboration Funding Support provided by @psecco.bsky.social Stay tuned for more updates!

🎥 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

❄️ The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), Fellowships Program 2026 is now open [due 20 Oct 2025]. Eight opportunities for early career Arctic researchers and Indigenous scholars ℹ️ Info session on 26 Sept 2026, 16:00 GMT apecs.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?...

🧊 Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee seeks your input on Arctic research priorities for 2027-31. Join a virtual listening session or submit written comments. Your voice matters. Sessions: www.iarpccollaborations.org/updates/26518 Email: IARPCPlan@nsf.gov

Happening this Wednesday! Register now!

Please join us for a workshop on Proposal Review, co-hosted by the UKPN and USAPECS on Wed, 24th September 2025, from 10-11:30 AM ET! Designed for ECRs to better understand what reviewers look for in proposals. Zoom: bas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/98883256900 Calendar: calendar.app.google/92UFwHAi6WZw...

🌍❄️ PECWS Synthesis Report released! Explore early career perspectives on polar research priorities shaped by 238 voices worldwide. Hosted by APECS & PSECCO, PECWS 2025 brought Polar ECRs together to define priorities. 📖 Read report + add your endorsement: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...