We organize professional development events to directly support the polar early career community. Events include online workshops and panel presentations as well as informal online meetings that allow for small-group discussions with professionals in the field.
Use the search tool to find events by category or go directly to pages describing some of our events with the buttons below. Check out our recorded professional development events on the PSECCO YouTube playlist or by clicking on a past event (recordings are available for only some events).
Social for Early Career Researchers interested in polar science at BIMS
Conferences/Workshops PSECCO event/opportunityAre you going to Black in Marine Science (BIMS) Week 2024 and interested in learning more about Arctic and Antarctic science? Connect with PSECCO Advisory Board Member, Maya Thomas, to learn more at a social for anyone looking to learn more about the various ways you can do marine science at the poles!
Are you also a polar scientist going to BIMS? Reach out to Maya to learn more about how to get involved!
AGU 2024 Polar Early Career Social
Other Event PSECCO event/opportunityAre you an Arctic or Antarctic early career scientist headed to AGU 2024 and wanting to network? Join PSECCO, Polar Impact, and USAPECS for a short, fun networking activity on Thursday, December 12 from 6-7 pm ET at Anacostia Salon D in the Westin DC Downtown!
Space is limited so be sure to RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/polarECRsAGU24.
Polar Early Career World Summit 2025
Conferences/Workshops PSECCO event/opportunity FundingAttend 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.
Past Events
US-based and Chile-based polar early career researchers attending the 2024 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Meeting were welcomed to apply to attend a workshop on establishing international collaborative relationships!
Join NSF Office of Polar Program (OPP) Program Officers (supported by PSECCO and IARPC Collaborations) to learn how to write a one-pager to summarize an idea you want to pitch to a funding agency. This workshop is open to polar early career scientists and you must have attended the first workshop to attend the second workshop. The parts of the workshop are as follows:
Join NSF Office of Polar Program (OPP) Program Officers (supported by PSECCO and IARPC Collaborations) to learn how to write a one-pager to summarize an idea you want to pitch to a funding agency. This workshop series is open to polar early career scientists and will be run in two parts.
This session was co-convened by Natasha Haycock-Chavez and PSECCO Director Mariama Dryák-Vallies
Are you an early career polar researcher going to Arctic Congress in Bodø, Norway this May / June? Join other Arctic early career individuals at a networking event & social co-hosted by PSECCO, APECS and High North Dialogue Academy on Wednesday, May 29th from 5.00 to 7.30pm local time in Foajé, Stormen Concert Hall, Bodø, Norway.