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Past Opportunity Conferences/Workshops PSECCO event/opportunity Professional Development

A leader is best when people barely know they exist. When their work is done, their aim fulfilled, the people will say: we did it ourselves. –Lau Tzu 

December, 2023
2023 PSECCO Photo Contest Winners Announced!
PSECCO hosted a photo contest in the fall of 2023 to showcase the beauty of the polar regions and to feature early career scientists who work in them. We invited photos of fieldwork, research stations and sites, communities and daily life, wildlife, and natural and cultural landscapes. We judged photo submissions on composition, originality, use of color, and artistry. Check out the top three winning photos and seven honorable mentions!
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Past Opportunity Conferences/Workshops PSECCO event/opportunity

Join PSECCO at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting for a talk focused on challenges and needs identified by the polar early career researcher community.

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Past Opportunity Conferences/Workshops PSECCO event/opportunity

Are you an early career polar researcher going to the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting?

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Past Opportunity Other Event PSECCO event/opportunity

Join us on the evening of Thursday, November 16 from 5pm to 7pm MT at the Rayback Collective (2775 Valmont Rd. Boulder, CO) to meet other polar early career (and other career) scientists in the region!

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Past Opportunity Conferences/Workshops

Headed to GSA Connects 2023? Connect with other Arctic and Antarctic researchers over a beverage or snack from Adda Coffee & Tea on Tuesday morning (October 17th) at 7.30am! We'll be there for an hour, but folks are welcome to stay and connect as long as they’d like. Hope to see you there!

July, 2023
PSECCO's Fall 2023 Conference Travel Grant Applications Now Open!
The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO)* Conference Travel Grant Program is now open for applications, due on September 15, 2023 at 11.59pm MT. Travel awards to attend and present polar-related work at a conference are open to polar early career scientists and educators. In this Fall 2023 funding cycle, PSECCO will be distributing $5,000 of awards. Applicants may request a reasonable amount of funding to support their travel to/from a conference, up to a value of $900 per person, with awards aimed at those with demonstrated financial need. An additional $100 is available for awardees who organize a PSECCO social event at the conference.
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Past Opportunity PSECCO event/opportunity Professional Development

The PSECCO conversation series provided an informal 1-hour discussion space for early career scientists to explore a topic of interest with a more experienced researcher with considerable success in the topic area. Participants had the opportunity to steer the conversation by submitting topic-related questions prior to the event. 

July, 2023
Recording available: Navigating NSF & the Office of Polar Programs
On July 13, 2023, PSECCO hosted a workshop entitled ‘Navigating NSF & the Office of Polar Programs (OPP)’. The full recording for the event is now available!