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The Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) offers tailored support to scientists based in Switzerland who work in polar regions and remote high-altitude environments.
www.swisspolar.ch
#OpenCall The Polar Access Fund for early-career researchers in polar science is now open!
Applications welcome by 20 January 2026, 12:00 (noon, Swiss time)
Access the call documents: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
We look forward to your applications!
#fieldwork #Arctic #Antarctica
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Today, the "Greenland. Everything changes" #exhibition at the ALPS Museum in #Bern starts its new ‘imFokus’ event series
Join the conversation on current developments in #Greenland, the events will allow plenty of room for questions and discussion.
More information: alps.museum/en/events/im...
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📣 #OpenCall
The new PolARTS call for proposals is now open!
💡 A joint initiative by Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute, PolARTS aims to encourage exchange and foster collaboration between #arts and #polarscience.
Deadline: 31.01.2026
ℹ️https://swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-instruments/polarts/
September 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
OPEN CALL: Mertz Fellowship 2025
A partnership between @swissembassyaus.bsky.social, Swissnex, Antarctic Science Foundation and @swisspolar.bsky.social, the call welcomes applications from #ECRs in polar and alpine science based in CH and AU by 31 Oct, 11pm CET
👉 headstartswiss.au/home/mertz-f...
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🚨 OPEN CALLS: SPI Exploratory Grants & SPI Technogrants
⏰ Apply by 𝟵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 (noon, Swiss time). We look forward to your proposals!
🔗 swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
#innovation #polarscience #sustainability #cleantech #technology #environment #fundingopportunities #SwissResearchers
August 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Present your research during the #SwissPolarDay Open Forum sessions! Application window closes on 31 July 👉 forms.office.com/e/CxLGMX0xW8
The full programme is now available on the event webpage: swisspolar.ch/event/swiss-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
#SwissResearchers #polarscience #ECRs
July 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#internationalcooperation
Yesterday, SPI and Antarctica New Zealand signed an MoA. With this joint approach, SPI and ANZ seek to support their scientific communities in navigating the practical, logistical, and ethical complexities of #research in #Antarctica: chk.me/v08XQ52
@sbfi.admin.ch
July 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#FieldAndSummerSchool #Training
📣 Next opportunity:
Saroma Sea ice School, Japan
⏰ apply by end of September
📅28 Feb - 9 Mar 2026
🔗 sites.google.com/site/bepsiiw...

💡Apply for SPI support: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
July 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#FieldAndSummerSchool #Training
📣 Next opportunity:
The Patagonian Icefields Research Program, Chile
⏰ apply by 7 Aug
📅12 Nov - 1 Dec
🔗 www.patagonianicefields.org/prospective-...

💡Apply for SPI support: swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
July 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📣 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲!
The 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆 2025 will be held on
🗓️ 5 September
📍 ETH Zurich @ethz.ch
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻: swisspolar.ch/event/swiss-...
We look forward to seeing you in Zurich!
#SwissResearchers #ECR #polarscience #highaltitude #climate #SwissPolarDay
June 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
For those who missed the #AntarcticaInSync webinar yesterday, you can still register for the webinar on
Thursday 22 May 15:00-17:00 UTC:
eo4society.esa.int/event/intern...
May 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
📣Our next event for #ECRs on important aspects to consider for #fieldwork campaigns will focus on "Conducting fieldwork as guests in the postcolonial Arctic"
📆 10 June, 16:00-17:30
📍Alpole, Sion & online
More info & registration: swisspolar.ch/event/conduc...
May 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
#Fieldnote
Fieldwork often relies on accurate weather forecasts, explains #SPITechnogrants beneficiary Daniel Farinotti from @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social & @wslresearch.bsky.social. Read about his survey of the Gornergletscher with a novel helicopter-borne GPR platform: swisspolar.ch/2025/02/a-go...
April 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
On this #EarthDay we invite you to explore the diverse projects from our grant beneficiaries, past and present, that have contributed to a greater understanding of our planet's #climate and the role played by #polar and #highaltitude regions: swisspolar.ch/projects/?ca...
April 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
📣 #FundingOpportunity #SwissResearchers
The call for SPI FOREL Grants is open:
🧭2 legs in the Arctic
1️⃣15.06-15.07.2026 with #CASCADESExpedition in West Greenland
2️⃣15.07-01.09.2026 in East Greenland
⏰Apply by 15.06.2025
👉 swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
April 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
📗 𝗔 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 - 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲
✨ Discover the highlights of the year and learn more about our key activities, funded science projects, national and international collaborations, and outreach campaigns: swisspolar.ch/wp-content/u...
April 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#Outreach #IYPG2025
Next screening of reProjecting Science by ACIGE @fgse-unil.bsky.social :
📽️"The Color of Ice"
📆 16 April at 18:00, free entrance
📍Le Nucléo - Vortex (UNIL, Lausanne)
April 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
#Fieldnote #PolarAccessFund
"We were interested in implications this exposed sediment has for the #climate in this vulnerable region."
Grace Marsh from EPFL reveals the intricacies of studying climatic impacts of glacial outwash plains in 🇬🇱: swisspolar.ch/2025/02/expl...
📷 G. Marsh/Ianina Altshuler
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🎒 #FieldAndSummerSchool #Training #ECRs
New opportunity!
Ice Core Analysis Techniques (ICAT) PhD school-2025
🗓️22-26.09.2025, apply by 15 April
📍Copenhagen, DK
🔗 indico.nbi.ku.dk/event/2111/o...
Apply for SPI support 👉 swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Arctic Science Summit Week #ASSW2025 ends tomorrow. Consider attending the session 3.7 on #Sustainable and Responsible Scientific Practices for the Protection and Preservation of the #Arctic #Environment. We will present our CO2 emissions calculator for Swiss #polar projects.
March 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
📽️The next screening dates of "Der Eismann", a portrait of Konrad 'Koni' Steffen, Swiss #climate and #glacier researcher & SPI's first Scientific Director are:
01.04 Zurich, Davos
02.04 St.Gallen
03.04 Winterthur
04.04 Bern
05.04 Luzern
06.04 Altdorf
@wslresearch.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 #OpenCall #Expedition #Arctic #PolarScience
INQ, @swisspolar.bsky.social and IPEV are launching the #CASCADESExpedition.
⏰Apply by 2 June 2025
Proposals welcome from research groups in Switzerland and France, & the Canadian Transforming Climate Action programme
💡 swisspolar.ch/2025/03/open...
March 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#Antarctica is critical for our planet’s #climate. Yesterday’s event on #BeyondEpica highlighted the utmost importance of #science & #diplomacy in long-term #collaboration & evidence-based decision-making. @euinswitzerland.bsky.social @edadfae.bsky.social @unibern.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📽️ #Outreach
Inspired by #IYGP2025, reProjecting Science organised by ACIGE @fgse-unil.bsky.social will explore the science around #glacier preservation, cultural #heritage, indigenous #communities and #gender roles.
📆 25 March / 16 April / 13 May, free entrance
👉 wp.unil.ch/acige/reproj...
February 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨 #OpenCall
The call for SPI Flagship Initiatives is open!
💡 A unique #FundingOpportunity for Swiss-based researchers to submit a multi-annual & multidisciplinary research project.
✍️ Pre-proposals deadline: 30 Apr 2025
💻Info events: 6 & 11 Feb
🔗 swisspolar.ch/spi-funding-...
February 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM