The Swiss Polar Institute will support up to three Swiss early career scientists to cover the registration and travel costs. The call for applications for the International PhD School under the leadership of Sentinel North of Université Laval, the Canadian transdisciplinary research program dealing with the changing North, is open […]

Where: à ETHZ Hauptgebaüde D1.1 When: à 4 April 2018 The Swiss Polar Day 2018 will gather the Swiss scientific community around international keynote speakers active in the Arctic, Antarctic and high-altitude regions. Following the Swiss Polar Institute’s Call for Ideas, the Swiss Polar Day will also be the opportunity […]

In order to define its future priorities and activities, the Swiss Polar Institute is asking for inputs and ideas from the Swiss Polar Community. Please contribute and make sure your ideas are submitted! The deadline for submission is Friday 12 January 2018. For more information on the call, please click […]

The work programmes for the period 2018 to 2020 of Horizon 2020 – Europe’s largest research funding programme – have been released. The different papers, defining funding opportunities by theme, reveal where the priorities will be. We are glad to note that polar research has not been left out. The […]

Festival International du Film Alpin des Diablerets On 7 August 2017 at 14:00. An afternoon will be dedicated to the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition with films and talks by scientists and organisers. http://www.fifad.ch/le-programme

More information on the conference here