US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)
@usapecs.bsky.social
The purpose of the group is to strengthen the professional collaboration between early career polar scientists.
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Website: https://www.usapecs.org/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@usapecs
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Follow us on:
Website: https://www.usapecs.org/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@usapecs
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/75859966
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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...
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...
September 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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...
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...
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...
August 26, 2026 at 3:37 AM
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...
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...
Watch the panel on science advocacy, policymaker engagement, and research funding:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lgc...
Updating the Researcher’s Toolkit Policy Engagement for a Changing Funding Landscape | USAPECS
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July 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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...
Watch the panel on science advocacy, policymaker engagement, and research funding:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lgc...
Reposted by US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)
📢 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...
Learn how to effectively engage policymakers, communicate research impact, and navigate a changing funding environment.
🔗 Register: iarpc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
📢 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...
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...
Learn how to effectively engage policymakers, communicate research impact, and navigate a changing funding environment.
🔗 Register: iarpc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 24, 2026 at 10:41 PM
📢 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...
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
June 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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...
Read it here: www.usapecs.org/post/pass-it...
Pass It On: A New Approach to Polar Gear and Community Knowledge
Written by Marion McKenzie, Proposal Analyst, Colorado School of MinesPass It On: A New Approach to Polar Gear and Community Knowledge!During the 2023 West Antarctic Ice Sheet workshop at the Universi...
www.usapecs.org
May 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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...
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!
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!
May 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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!
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...
Access all films, see the daily highlights, read a mini-blog from the filmmakers, and more at: www.usapecs.org/polar-film-f...
March 20, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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...
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...
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...
March 19, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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...
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...
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...
March 18, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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...
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...
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...
March 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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...
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...
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...
March 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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...
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!
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!
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...
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...
2025-26 Call for Blogs
This year, USAPECS is hosting a blog series entitled “Reimagining data in polar science”! We are looking for US-based scientists, fieldwork organizers, and professionals with any polar/alpine/cryosphe...
www.usapecs.org
March 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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!
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...
Roundtable filmmaker discussion (3/20) registration here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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...
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
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...
Polar Film Festival | usapecs
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February 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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
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 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...
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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 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!
📣 ECR Survey is still open (undergrad upto < 10 years of PhD):
princetonsurvey.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Happy New Year 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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!
📣 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...
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...
GRISO Summer School 2026 – A Collaborative Future: Strengthening Science and Connections in Greenland | GReenland Ice Sheet-Ocean interactions
griso.ucsd.edu
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
📢 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...
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...
Reposted by US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)
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...
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...
2025-26 Call for Blogs
This year, USAPECS is hosting a blog series entitled “Reimagining data in polar science”! We are looking for US-based scientists, fieldwork organizers, and professionals with any polar/alpine/cryosphe...
www.usapecs.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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...
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...
2025-26 Call for Blogs
This year, USAPECS is hosting a blog series entitled “Reimagining data in polar science”! We are looking for US-based scientists, fieldwork organizers, and professionals with any polar/alpine/cryosphe...
www.usapecs.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)
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...
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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...
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!
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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 [email protected].
Where can I find more information?
Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at [email protected].
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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 [email protected].
Where can I find more information?
Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at [email protected].
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 [email protected].
Applications are due Feb. 15, 2026.
For more information visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or [email protected].
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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 [email protected].
Applications are due Feb. 15, 2026.
For more information visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or [email protected].