Polar Science Early Career Community Office

Wed, Dec 17 2025, 6:30 - 8:30pm (5:30 - 7:30pm)

AGU Networking Event for Polar Early Career Researchers

Conferences/Workshops PSECCO event/opportunity

Bookmark this date and time at AGU 2025 to join a networking event for polar early career researchers co-hosted by PSECCO, USAPECS and Polar Impact. More information to be released soon!

September, 2025

PECWS Synthesis Report released: explore early career perspectives on polar research priorities

We are thrilled to announce the release of the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) Synthesis Report, a comprehensive summary of conversations that happened before, during, and after PECWS. This document captures the collective voice of 238 early career polar researchers from around the world and their priorities for long-term research planning. Read on to learn more!

August, 2025

The 2025 PSECCO Photo Contest results have been announced!

The 2025 PSECCO Photo Contest entries were phenomenal. Thank you to each and every individual who submitted a photograph to the competition. The PSECCO team had an incredible (and incredibly difficult) time reviewing all the entries and voting on photographs that explored composition, originality, use of color, and artistry spectacularly. Read on to see the results!

Wed, Sep 24 2025, 9 - 10:30am

MDT

International Networking Event for Polar Early Career Researchers

PSECCO event/opportunity

Interested in expanding your polar international network and building potential collaborations? Join us for an hour and a half on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 7am AKT | 9am MT | 11am ET for an international networking event for polar early career researchers!

Thu, Aug 7 2025, 10 - 11am

MDT

Polar Careers Outside Academia

Past Opportunity PSECCO event/opportunity

On Thursday, August 7, 2025, 8am AKT | 10am MT | 12pm ET we hosted a ‘Polar Careers Outside Academia” panel discussion for early career researchers interested in career pathways outside of the classic academic route.

June, 2025

An overview of the 2025 Polar Early Career World Summit and associated online events!

PSECCO and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) held the Polar Early Career World Summit from March 22-24 at Boulder, Colorado, U.S., that brought together 120 early career researchers (ECRs), scientists, professionals, Indigenous scholars and knowledge holders connected to the polar regions with the goals to share polar research priorities, strengthen polar early career networks, and amplify the voices of the polar early career community through this event.

May, 2025

Provide input on polar early career priorities for the next IPY by June 11, 2025!

The 5th International Polar Year (IPY) 2032-2033 and its legacy will impact the careers of the current polar early career community, yet mid- and senior-career researchers often shape IPY priorities. Today’s polar early career researchers (ECRs) have an unprecedented opportunity to provide input on what they want priorities to be for the 5th IPY.