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PhD and grant opportunities
- PhD on process-based and data-driven modeling of rapid permafrost thaw – Vrije Universiteit @ Amsterdam **Closing date: 31 Jan 2026
- PhD Position in Mortality and virus-host interactions of phytoplankton in Arctic winters under warming – NWO-NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research @ Texel, Netherlands. **Closing date: 15 Feb 2026
- Call for Proposals 2026 – Antarctic Research Trust **Deadline: 1 Apr 2026
For a comprehensive list of career and PhD Opportunities internationally, refer to the APECS International Job Board.
Events, webinars, workshops & Abstract submissions
Online
- Feb 11: FAIR & Ethical Data Collection in Polar Research – PSECCO @ Online
- Feb 11: Women in scientific organizations: global evidence from science academies and unions – ISC, IAP & SGCES @ Online Webinar
- Feb-Mar 28-01: Workshop on Polar Heat: Transports, Mechanisms, and Global Linkages – CLIVAR @ Glasgow, UK & Online
- Mar 16-20: International Polar Film Festival – US APECS @ Online
**Film submission Deadline: 06 Feb 2026
In the Netherlands
❄️❄️Apr 21: NL Polar Day 2026 – NWO, NPP & APECS NL @ Amersfoort, Netherlands❄️❄️
- Jan 26: Lecture on Human–Environment Relationships in Arctic Canada – IMAKA @ Groningen, Netherlands
- Mar 14: Pool tot Pool symposium (in Dutch) @ Leiden, Netherlands
- Sep-Oct 25-04: Utrecht Science Week @ Utrecht, Netherlands
- Oct 03-04: Weekend van de Wetenschap 2026 @ >300 museums and organisations throughout the Netherlands
International
- Feb 02: Arctic Frontiers 2026 – Arctic Frontiers @ Tromsø, Norway
- Feb 26-27: 29th Alpine Glaciology Meeting – EUROCOLD Lab @ Milan, Italy
**Abstracts deadline: 06 Feb 2026 - Feb-Mar 28-01: Workshop on Polar Heat: Transports, Mechanisms, and Global Linkages – CLIVAR @ Glasgow, UK & Online
- Mar 02-06: European Ocean Days – European Commission @ Brussels, Belgium
- Mar 03-04: Arctic Circle Forum 2026 – Arctic Circle @ Rome, Italy
**Volunteer Applications deadline: 17 Feb 2026 - Mar 23-27: Arctic System Science Conference 2026 – AWI @ Potsdam, Germany
- Mar 25-26: Early Career Researcher Workshop for the Synoptic Arctic Survey – IASC @ Aarhus, Denmark **In-person workshop
- Mar-Apr 25-01: Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2026 – IASC @ Aarhus, Denmark
- May 03-05: EGU General Assembly 2026 – EGU @ Vienna, Austria & Online
- May 26-29: UArctic Congress & Assembly 2026 – UArctic @ Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- Jun 07-17: NVP International Summer School 2026 – Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research @ Svalbard, Norway
- Aug 10-14: SCAR Open Science Conference – SCAR @ Oslo, Norway
**Call for Abstracts deadline: 28 Feb 2026. - Aug 24-28: Global Glacier Modelling Workshop – OGGM Consortium @ Obergurgl, Austria
**Call for Abstracts and registration opens in Feb 2026 - Sep 06-07: International Symposium on Radioglaciology – AWI @ Tübingen, Germany
- Oct 08-10: Arctic Circle Assembly 2026 – Arctic Circle @ Reykjavik, Iceland
**Call for Proposals deadline: 01 May 2026
… & more to be added through the year.