+ Early Career Forum
Periodically and the Early Career Forum will share research from, and opportunities for, early career researchers working in the polar regions. This regular round-up aims to highlight and celebrate the work being done by early career researchers in Arctic research. If you have information you would like to submit, please see the link below.
Are you or do you know an early career researcher who has recently published work related to the Arctic? We at and the Early Career Forum want to highlight your work! Please fill out this form with any Arctic publications, webinars, posters, etc. and we will share on the Early Career Forum and with our Twitter followers. Anyone who identifies as early career is eligible to submit! Any questions? Email usapecs@gmail.com for more information. Submit documents here: https://forms.gle/S1Gd3jpE4CtSoY6Y6
Publications
MacKenzie E. Jewell, Jennifer K. Hutchings, and Angela C. Bliss
Spring 2021 sea ice transport in the southern Beaufort Sea occurred during coastal-lead opening events
Date of publication: 28 Mar 2025
Keywords: Arctic sea ice, Beaufort Sea, sea ice dynamics, remote sensing, buoys, SIDEx
URL: https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/1413/2025/
Mary-Louise Timmermans and Zachary Labe
Sea surface temperature [in “Arctic Report Card 2024”]
Date of publication: 13 November 2024
Keywords: Arctic, Arctic Amplification, Sea Ice, Sea Surface Temperature
URL: https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/report-card-2024/sea-surface-temperature-2024/
Author Website/Socials: https://zacklabe.com/, https://bsky.app/profile/zacklabe.com
Opportunities
Conference Travel Grants Summer 2025 Cycle
The Polar Science Early Career Community Office () Conference Travel Grant Program is now open for applications. Travel awards to attend and present polar-related work at a conference are open to polar early career scientists and educators. In this Summer 2025 funding cycle, will be distributing up to $5,000 of awards. Applicants may request a reasonable amount of funding to support their travel to/from a conference, up to a value of $900 per person, with awards aimed at those with demonstrated financial need. An additional $100 is available for awardees who organize a social event at the conference.
The application deadline is June 2, 2025, at 11:59 pm MDT. Depending on review availability and the volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to inform applicants as to the status of their application until June 25th or later. Please take this into account when applying for funding.
See the full announcement and apply here: https://psecco.org/news/psecco-conference-travel-grant-applications-due-june-2-2025
Apply for the Executive Committee 2025-2026
Apply for the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists () Executive Committee to help shape our organization and influence the future of polar research!
The elections for the 2025-2026 Executive Committee will be held during May and June 2025 for the term from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026.
Application deadline: 1 June 2025 at 23:59 GMT
The Executive Committee (ExCom) consists of five members, who are elected by the Council to manage the day-to-day decisions of the organization. You can find information about the ExCom on the website or in the Handbook, including some general information, the list of current ExCom members, as well as summaries of their meetings.
For any questions, the ExCom Election Coordinators 2025 can be contacted at excom-elections@apecs.is
See the full announcement, eligibility requirements, and elections timeline at: https://apecs.is/who-we-are/leadership/executive-committee/executive-committee-elections.html
Call for Input
Survey on Peer Review and Journal Publishing
Dear Community,We are a group of early-career scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution () conducting a global survey on peer review and scientific publishing in the Earth and climate sciences, including polar research.
The goal is to better understand the experiences of researchers across career stages who have participated in the peer-review process as authors and reviewers, and to explore opportunities for improving transparency, fairness, and support in the publishing system.
🕒 Estimated time: ~15 minutes
🗓️ Survey open until: June 30, 2025
🔗 Survey link: https://tinyurl.com/peerreview2025
Responses are anonymous. Participants may optionally receive the results or contribute to the analysis. Please feel free to share this with others in your network.
With appreciation,
Yanxu Chen
Postdoc Investigator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
ESWN Professional Development and Networking Committee Survey
After a successful set of events over the past four years, the EarthScience Women's Network Professional Development and Networking Committee(formerly Member Events) is now planning a new set of event activities forimplementation in future years from late 2025 onwards.
We know that the landscape today may feel quite different to how it wasseveral years ago. To ensure that our activities are aligned with the needsand interests of the ESWN community and that they are timely, we invite youto participate in a ~5 minutes survey (open to all) to help us shape theprogram:https://forms.gle/DyZHMhvNVzV7J5zh7
The first part of the survey collects demographic information as we wouldlike to know more about the ESWN community and membership, to ensure we arecreating events suitable to the needs of those we serve.
This survey will close on June 30 2025.
We are hugely appreciative of your time and thank you for your thoughts andContributions. If you have any questions, please email events [at] eswnonline [dot] org
We look forward to receiving your response!
The ESWN Professional Development and Networking Committee
