We are pleased to announce that four projects have been selected by an independent panel of experts for the eighth edition of the Polar Access Fund. The successful proposals span the domains of glaciology, sea ice physics, glacial hydrology and geophysics. The grants, co-funded by Swiss Polar Institute and BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, enable early-career researchers to conduct their initial fieldwork in polar and high-altitude regions, fostering the development of their research on climate and environmental changes.
The 2025 Polar Access Fund grantees are:
- Tamara Annina Gerber (University of Lausanne), SLIDE Field Support: Subglacial Landscapes and Ice-sheet Drainage Evolution
- Michael Haugeneder (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF), Sea Ice Properties Driving Near-Surface Atmospheric Dynamics During Arctic Summer Melt
- Lander Van Tricht (ETH Zurich), MITICA: Mining Impacts on Tien Shan glaciers in Central Asia
- Sebastián Vivero (EPFL), Characterization of tropical rock glaciers in the Peruvian Andes using UAVs and satellite-derived surface velocities
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