Don't miss this event on Wednesday! Join us for an inspiring evening dedicated to Greenland and the impacts of climate change. 📅 3 June 2026 🕠 17:30-20:00 📍 University of Bern – Lecture Hall 099, EXWI building Registration: forms.office.com/e/3y1nZPcsMk Looking forward to seeing you there! 👇

Join us for the “Polar Night” at UZH: polar research opportunities, aperitif & screening of “SUMÉ – The Sound of the Revolution” 🎸🎬 #PolarScience #Greenland #Arctic #Sume @uzh-ch.bsky.social 📅 16 June 2026 🕔 17:00–20:00 📍 Room Y24-G55 Mikroskopierhörsaal, Campus Irchel 📝 chk.me/q6mWa2D

Join us for the first event of SPI’s Polar Film Series: "The Color of Ice", followed by a panel discussion & aperitif #PolarScience #ClimateChange #Greenland #TheColorofIce @unibe.ch 📅 3 June 2026 🕠 17:30-20:00 📍 University of Bern – Lecture Hall 099, EXWI building 📝 swisspolar.ch/event/polar-...

Our #AnnualReport is out! The document highlights funded projets and contributions to Swiss #polarscience in 2025: swisspolar.ch/wp-content/u... @unil.bsky.social | EPFL | @wslresearch.bsky.social | @ethz.ch | UZH | @unibe.ch | @sbfi.admin.ch | @scnat.ch | @edadfae.bsky.social | Canton VS

🎉 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 EPFL | @ethz.ch | @unibe.ch | @wslresearch.bsky.social | @unil.bsky.social | UZH

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 https://royalsociety.org/grants/royal-society-wolfson-fellowship/

🎒 #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

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! 🔗 chk.me/A2A1lzs 🔗 chk.me/xTpsAke @usyseth.bsky.social @unibe.ch @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social @fgse-unil.bsky.social @unibas.ch @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social

🎒 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.

⏰ Deadline approaching! We look forward to your contributions to Session 18 dedicated to polar and high-altitude environments!

On 28 Aug 2025, our new exhibition Deglaciation – Measuring the Ice opens at extract (ETH Zurich Collections & Archives). Join the vernissage at ETH Zurich, HG E7, 17:30 with remarks by Prof. Farinotti & team + apéro. 📍 ETH Zurich, HG E7 (Main Building) 🗓 28 Aug 2025, 17:30

Congratulations to the #PrixDeQuervain recipients! 👉 Join us on 5 September at @ethz.ch - the #SwissPolarDay will finish on a celebratory note with the prize-giving ceremony. We look forward to it! 🔗 Full programme & registration: swisspolar.ch/event/swiss-...

Congratulations to the GreenFjord project team on their article in the latest issue of @nature.com ! greenfjord-project.ch/calving-driv...

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...

🚨 OPEN CALLS: SPI Exploratory Grants & SPI Technogrants ⏰ Apply by 𝟵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 (noon, Swiss time). We look forward to your proposals! 🔗 swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-... #innovation #polarscience #sustainability #cleantech #technology #environment #fundingopportunities #SwissResearchers

🏔️ Join APECS Switzerland on 9 August for an excursion to Glacier 3000. 👉 A fantastic opportunity to explore an iconic Alpine site while connecting with fellow early-career researchers 👉 For ECRs in polar and high-altitude science 👉limited to 15 participants More info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨 Open Forum registrations close on 31 July 🚨 There is one week left to apply for a spot in the Open Forum sessions during the #SwissPolarDay at @ethz.ch 🔗 Submit your project: forms.office.com/e/CxLGMX0xW8 Applications from ECRs welcome! #SwissResearchers #polarscience #climate

⚠️ We're hiring! Two new #PhD positions are now opened in our group @ethz.ch, focusing on key biogeochemical essential ocean observables 🤓 Learn more about these opportunities ⤵️ and spread the news 🌊 #OceanScience #ETH #AcademicJobs #PhDlife

Present your research during the #SwissPolarDay Open Forum sessions! Application window closes on 31 July 👉 forms.office.com/e/CxLGMX0xW8 The full programme is now available on the event webpage: swisspolar.ch/event/swiss-... We look forward to seeing you there! #SwissResearchers #polarscience #ECRs

#internationalcooperation Yesterday, SPI and Antarctica New Zealand signed an MoA. With this joint approach, SPI and ANZ seek to support their scientific communities in navigating the practical, logistical, and ethical complexities of #research in #Antarctica: chk.me/v08XQ52 @sbfi.admin.ch

#FieldAndSummerSchool #Training 📣 Next opportunity: Saroma Sea ice School, Japan ⏰ apply by end of September 📅28 Feb - 9 Mar 2026 🔗 sites.google.com/site/bepsiiw... 💡Apply for SPI support: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...

#FieldAndSummerSchool #Training 📣 Next opportunity: The Patagonian Icefields Research Program, Chile ⏰ apply by 7 Aug 📅12 Nov - 1 Dec 🔗 www.patagonianicefields.org/prospective-... 💡Apply for SPI support: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...

🚨 #FundingOpportunity Deadline closing soon! We look forward to your proposals! #polardata #sustainability #polarresearch #SwissResearchers #Arctic #PolarScience

Call for Projects Now Open – Polar Initiative 2025 From June 2 to June 30, proposals are welcome for projects that aim to strengthen and support decision-making processes for the protection and conservation of polar ecosystems. More info: www.fpa2.org/en/depots/th...

There are a few seats left - join us on 10 June in Sion or online: swisspolar.ch/event/conduc...

📣 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲! The 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆 2025 will be held on 🗓️ 5 September 📍 ETH Zurich @ethz.ch 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻: swisspolar.ch/event/swiss-... We look forward to seeing you in Zurich! #SwissResearchers #ECR #polarscience #highaltitude #climate #SwissPolarDay

📣 Speakers announced! We’re excited to share more info about our upcoming PYRN Fieldwork Webinar Series! Steve’s talk on fieldwork challenges and planning: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/s8wfC4k1pu... Fieldwork panel Q&A featuring 5 amazing speakers: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9TL1C5l2qh...