Call for applications and funding support to participate in the 2025 Polar Early Career World Summit

Apply now to attend the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) to be hosted in Boulder, Colorado, USA from 22-24 March 2025! The PECWS, organized by the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Polar Early Career Community Office (PSECCO), aims to bring together early career researchers, professionals, Indigenous scholars and knowledge holders connected to the Arctic, Antarctic, and the wider cryosphere from across the world. 

The summit provides an opportunity for early career professionals to provide input into ICARP IV and the development of the 5th International Polar Year (2032-33) and to discuss ways to strengthen polar early career networks and connections. The event will foster international collaboration across disciplines and will encourage discussions that many early career professionals are already spearheading within the scientific community; these discussions include emphasizing a need for equity and inclusion within polar research, urging open science development, working across disciplines, furthering applied research, effective science communication, and equitably collaborating through co-production of knowledge.

Participation in the summit is free, but spots are limited due to venue capacity and have to be applied for. All early career researchers, professionals, Indigenous scholars and knowledge holders connected to the Arctic, Antarctic, and the wider cryosphere are encouraged to apply. The deadline to submit your application through this form is 19 November 2024, 23:59 GMT. 

Please note that the application for attendance and for travel funding is combined and you can indicate in the application form if you would like to apply for partial or full travel funding or for none at all. The PECWS has limited travel funding and the organizers recommend you to seek individual travel funding from other sources when applying.

All applications will be systematically reviewed by a review panel with the aim to have a holistically diverse group of participants. Applicants will be notified in December about whether or not they have been granted a spot to attend the summit. Selected applicants have to confirm their ability to attend the PECWS in person by no later than two weeks after being notified.

This application process is for everyone that intends to attend the event in person. The PECWS will be complemented by alternative ways to engage in research priority discussions asynchronously and selected parts of the summit will be made available online. If you are unable to participate physically in-person at the summit in Boulder from 22-24 March 2025, please stay tuned as more information on other engagement opportunities will be released in the coming months. 

You can find additional information at www.pecws.org and feel free to reach out to info@pecws.org with any questions about the PECWS 2025.