Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists

On October 29, 2025, 8am AKT | 10am MT | 12pm ET we hosted an 'Overview of Polar Organizations for Early Career Scientists' webinar where representatives from 16 different polar organizations introduced their organizations and shared how to engage with them. During this online event, organization representatives gave an overview of their missions and shared opportunities for engagement relevant to early career scientists along with how to get involved with them! 

A recording of the event can be accessed here.

Organizations that presented and their relevant links shared during the event can be found below. 

Association for Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

• You can join APECS and sign up to receive our monthly newsletter: https://apecs.is/get-involved/join-apecs.html (click on the "Become a member" button). You will also get on the mailing list for your National Committee based on the country you choose in the registration process.  

• Find out more about our work with PSECCO on polar early career research priorities to inform future polar science policy, decision-making processes, and community-led initiatives: https://pecws.org/ 

CryoCommunity & VICE Squads

• CryoCommunity website: https://cryocommunity.org/ 

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) 

• Arctic Research Plan: https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/plan/index.html

• Arctic Research Plan 2027-2031 Federal Register Notice: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/08/2025-15045/request-for-public-comment-national-plan-for-arctic-research   

• IARPC Collaborations: https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/  

• Request an IARPC Collaborations Account: http://www.iarpccollaborations.org/request-account.html  

• IARPC Collaborations Mentorship Program: https://www.iarpccollaborations.org/iarpc-collaborations-mentorship-program.html  

• Email me! toni@iarpccollaborations.org 

International Arctic Research Center (IARC) - University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)

• IARC website: https://uaf-iarc.org/  

International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) 

• IASC website: iasc.info  

• Fellowship Program: https://iasc.info/capacity-building/fellowship-program   

• Call for project: https://iasc.info/news/iasc-news/1566-call-for-iasc-cross-cutting-and-working-group-proposals-2026  

• Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW): assw.info  

International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) 

• IASSA website: https://iassa.org/ 

International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) 

• ICCI website: https://iccinet.org/  

• COP: https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/supreme-bodies/conference-of-the-parties-cop  

International Glaciological Society early-career Glaciologists Group (IGS-EGG) 

• IGS-EGG website: https://www.igsoc.org/about/egg-early-career-glaciologists-group  

Permafrost Young Researchers Network (PYRN) 

• Website & Mailing List: https://pyrn.arcticportal.org/  

• X: https://x.com/PYRN_official  

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PYRN_official/  

• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pyrn-official.bsky.social 

Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) 

• Connect with PSECCO: https://psecco.org/join-psecco-community    

• See a list of organizations (many of which who are here) to connect with: https://psecco.org/other-polar-adjacent-organizations   

Polar STEAM 

• Visit Polar STEAM website: https://polarsteam.info/  

• Researcher information: https://polarsteam.info/application/  

• Watch a short video overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPqB5pomipY  

• Questions? email us: polarsteam@oregonstate.edu  

• Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/polarsteamteam?utm_source=qr_code 

Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) 

• SCAR Website: - www.scar.org   

• SCAR Capacity building schemes - https://scar.org/fellowships-awards  

• SCAR INSTANT Fellowships - https://scar.org/science/research-programmes/instant#fellowship   

• SCAR SC-ATS/AntICON Fellowships - https://scar.org/science/research-programmes/ant-icon#fellow   

• SCAR AntClimNow Data Stewardships - https://scar.org/scar-news/programmes/antclimnow-news/dataset-stewardship-scheme-2025  

• SCAR News feeds and Mailing List and Newsletter sign-up - https://scar.org/news-resources 

• https://scar.org/scar-news/scar-connect-online-training-series  

United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) 

• USAPECS website: https://www.usapecs.org/  

• USAPECS Polar Film Festival: https://www.usapecs.org/polar-film-festival-1 

United States Permafrost Association (USPA) 

• US Permafrost Association website: https://www.uspermafrost.org/   

• Membership: https://www.uspermafrost.org/membership  

• Grants and awards: https://www.uspermafrost.org/grants-and-awards  

• mkwardjones@alaska.edu 

United States Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (US-SCAR) 

• US-SCAR website: https://usscar.org/ 

Women in Polar Sciences (WiPS) 

• WiPS website: https://womeninpolarscience.org/ 

Women in the Arctic and Antarctic (WiAA) 

• WiAA website: https://womeninthearcticandantarctic.ca/