Swiss Polar Institute – Supporting Swiss polar science

Aiming to maximise the sustainability of its activities and take steps towards reducing the carbon footprint of polar and high-altitude science, the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) launches a survey to gather the views of the Swiss polar and high-altitude research community. Polar and high-altitude regions are extremely fascinating environments, yet […]

Internship opportunity: Join the SPI Team

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Internship opportunity: Join the SPI Team

The Swiss Polar Institute has an opening for a 9-months internship (80%-100%) in Sion, starting on 1 November 2023. It aims to offer a “behind-the-scenes” view of a science organisation and the management of science programmes. Aims of the internship Tasks Your profile What we offer How to apply Should […]

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SPI and AWI sign a Memorandum of Understanding and launch a workshop to define collaborative efforts

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SPI and AWI sign a Memorandum of Understanding and launch a workshop to define collaborative efforts

In recognition of the mutual benefit to be gained through bilateral cooperative and collaborative efforts for their investigations in the polar regions, a Memorandum of Understanding between The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) and the German Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz Zentrum für Polar and Meeresforschung (AWI) was signed in late 2022. For a concrete […]

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Mertz Fellowship for polar and high-altitude research collaboration between Switzerland and Australia

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Mertz Fellowship for polar and high-altitude research collaboration between Switzerland and Australia

The 2nd call for proposals for the Mertz Fellowship is now open. Implemented in collaboration with the Swiss Polar Institute and managed by the Embassy of Switzerland in Australia, the Mertz Fellowship programme receives funding from the Swissnex network, part of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). […]

Access to research infrastructures in northern regions for Swiss-based scientists

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Access to research infrastructures in northern regions for Swiss-based scientists

Aiming to strengthen the collaboration between the Canadian and Swiss scientific communities, the agreement signed in April 2023 between Université Laval (ULaval), the Institut Nordique du Québec (INQ) and the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) offers opportunities for access to various infrastructures in northern regions: The submission processes are coordinated by […]

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Gabriela Schaepman-Strub to step down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute

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Gabriela Schaepman-Strub to step down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute

Sion, 5 July 2023 – Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub will be stepping down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute, effective on 31 August 2023. Prof. Dr. Schaepman-Strub is currently an associate professor of Earth System Science at the University of Zurich and specialises in Arctic […]

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GreenFjord Flagship Initiative: Installation of the time-lapse camera that takes hourly pictures of Qajuuttap Sermia glacier in Greenland

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SPI Exploratory Grant: Fieldwork on vegetation patterns above Zackenberg Research Station in Greenland

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Polar Access Fund: Artificial ice reservoir (ice stupa) built to enhance water management in Ladakh

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SPI Technogrant: Prototype for a low-cost and robust electrical resistivity tomography monitoring system for remote permafrost environments

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Polar Access Fund: Challenging access to fieldwork site on a debris-covered glacier in the Garhwal mountain range in northern India

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Field & Summer School: International Geochronology Summer School, Switzerland

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Towards a reduced environmental impact of Swiss polar and high-altitude science

Towards a reduced environmental impact of Swiss polar and high-altitude science

Internship opportunity: Join the SPI Team

Internship opportunity: Join the SPI Team

SPI and AWI sign a Memorandum of Understanding and launch a workshop to define collaborative efforts

SPI and AWI sign a Memorandum of Understanding and launch a workshop to define collaborative efforts

Mertz Fellowship for polar and high-altitude research collaboration between Switzerland and Australia

Mertz Fellowship for polar and high-altitude research collaboration between Switzerland and Australia

Access to research infrastructures in northern regions for Swiss-based scientists

Access to research infrastructures in northern regions for Swiss-based scientists

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub to step down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub to step down from her position as Scientific Director at the Swiss Polar Institute

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