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 Dear Member of the Swiss polar and high-altitude science community,
This edition brings you updates on the Swiss Polar Day, the call for abstracts for the upcoming 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting, the MoA with Antarctica New Zealand, as well as other collaboration and training opportunities. We thank you for your continued readership and support, and look forward to seeing you in Zurich in September!
The SPI Team
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 From left to right: Jordy Hendrikx, Chief Executive Antarctica New Zealand, Shane Reti, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (New Zealand), Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation (Switzerland), Daniel Farinotti, Science and Technology Advisory Board Member, Swiss Polar Institute. © 2025 SBFI/SEFRI/SERI, all rights reserved
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. →
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 Photo kindly shared by Bastien Ruols
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. →
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Open calls & funding opportunities
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 Our next available training opportunity in collaboration with GRIMM:
A two-day course addressing the needs of scientific groups going into the field focuses on first-aid practices in special conditions encountered in cold and remote regions.
Find out more →
Watch the video on YouTube →
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In collaboration with AWI:
For scientists working in northern regions the presence of polar bears is a risk that should not be underestimated. For this reason, SPI collaborates with the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Germany to make training courses about polar bear awareness and handling of weapons available to Swiss-based scientists. Find out more →
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PolARTS in dialogue: where art meets science • 4 September @ Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
 Photo credit: © Jean-Vincent Simonet, all rights reserved
Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute invite you to the iconic Cabaret Voltaire for an evening dedicated to the PolARTS programme: a space for encounter, exchange and shared reflection, and also an opportunity to inspire new duos for the upcoming PolARTS call 2025.
The event will offer insights into selected PolARTS projects, short conversations on stage, and perspectives from both fields. It also invites you, the audience, to join the dialogue. A standing dinner will round off the evening and open the floor for informal conversations. We look forward to seeing you there!
As the number of participants is limited, we kindly ask you to register by 4 August →
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2025 SCAR Fellowship & 2025 SCAR Visiting Scholar Scheme
Applications for the 2025 SCAR Fellowship for early-career researchers has opened and welcomes applications until 31 July 2025. More info →
Applications for the 2025 SCAR Visiting Scholar Scheme are now open. This opportunity is tailored for mid- to late-career scientists and academics actively involved in Antarctic research. The scheme offers short-term visits (1 to 4 weeks) to institutes in other SCAR member countries to provide training and mentoring. The deadline for applications is 31 August 2025. More info →
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The group "Snow Physics" with its long tradition of world-leading research on the physical properties of snow and ice, is looking for new leadership. The role will be high-level research and scientific leadership, funding acquisition, and coordination of the group’s projects and activities. The position will stay open until filled.
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The Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowships provide an opportunity for talented international research leaders to undertake a flexible 12-month period of sabbatical leave in a UK university or research institution, to foster international collaborative links and enriching scientific research in the host organisation as well as the wider UK science base.
Deadline for applications: 4 September 2025 →
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Outreach
Swiss Polar Class: Activities at the Hérisson sous Gazon festival & online events
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 © 2025 Swiss Polar Class, all rights reserved
The next "Ask a scientist" online events (FR/DE) will feature a live discussion from Greenland with scientists Andreas Vieli (UZH) and Laine Chanteloup (UNIL) from the GreenFjord SPI Flagship Initiative project. More info →
Swiss Polar Class will also be at the Hérisson sous Gazon festival for children in Charrat, Valais and will propose creative activities for budding scientists. More info on the Festival's webpage (in French) →
Follow the CONSTRASTS Expedition aboard the Polarstern
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