Girls* on Ice Switzerland tuition-free programme for youth aged 15 to 17 offers inclusive scientific and artistic outdoor activities promoting gender equality and diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Mathematics (STEAM) education and field sciences. In July and August 2025, their two expeditions, one in German and one in […]

PolARTS is a joint initiative by Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) aimed at encouraging exchange and fostering collaboration between arts and polar science. PolARTS supports up to three tandems, each composed of one polar scientist and one artist from Switzerland, over a period of 12 to 18 months. These […]

The Mertz Fellowship – a partnership between the Embassy of Switzerland in Australia, Swissnex, Swiss Polar Institute, and the Antarctic Science Foundation – supports joint projects and scientific networking between Swiss and Australian higher education and research institutions. The programme focuses on early-career researchers and fosters cutting-edge research while strengthening […]

We are pleased to announce that the calls for proposals for the SPI Exploratory Grant and SPI Technogrants are now open! The submission deadline is 9 October 2025, 12:00 (noon, Swiss time). The SPI Exploratory Grants support Swiss-based scientists active in polar regions (including remote high-altitude regions such as the Andes and the Himalayas) by allowing them to […]

Experts from offshore sailing and polar science communities gathered on 19 and 20 July on Föhr (Germany) to resume the exchange on environmental impact, best practices and complementary expertise initiated at the Arctic Circle Assembly last year. The two-day seminar was dedicated to outlining the opportunities floating and sailing platforms can […]

On 7 July 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand, Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) and Antarctica New Zealand (ANZ) officialised their cooperation in polar science. This MoA aims to facilitate the development of joint research projects in Antarctica. The signing took place in the presence of Prof. Jordy Hendrikx (Chief Executive, ANZ), […]

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 […]

We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission for the 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting × 7th Swiss Geologists Day taking place on 5–6 December 2025 in Bern is now open. As part of this year’s scientific symposia, we invite the polar and high-altitude research community to contribute to the […]

On 8 June 2025 in Nice, the launch of the UN Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences brought together researchers from the “Génération Cryosphère” programme, including three early-career scientists from Switzerland, to meet and exchange ahead of the One Ocean Expedition. Proposed by Swiss Polar Institute, three francophone researchers Delphine […]