The Polar Access Fund supports Early career researchers to develop and carry out their own field campaign. PhD students and early post-doctoral researchers (up to 3 years after PhD) can apply for funding up to 20’000 CHF. The research conducted during the field trip must be inserted into an existing overarching project (e.g. to enlarge its scope or for comparisons) and be related to climate change.
Deadline for applications: 18 January 2023, 12:00 Swiss time
More information on the dedicated webpage
Oliver Heer Ocean Racing and the Swiss Polar Institute announce the start of a three-year collaboration to place world-leading Swiss science on Oliver Heer’s racing sailing yacht IMOCA – Gitana 80 and carry out a data collection campaign during both the training and racing phases of the Vendée Globe challenge between 2023 and 2025.
Visit the dedicated webpage and read the press release.
Every year the Swiss Polar Institute awards competitive grants to scientific projects in the Arctic, Antarctic and remote high-altitude regions. This section offers an overview of the scientific projects supported by the Swiss Polar Institute in polar and high-altitude regions.