Travel support from SCAR and IASC
New funding opportunity from APECS (deadline at the end of February)!
We understand that travel funding is often one of the main limitations for people to attending conferences. Unfortunately, SCAR & IASC do not have specific funds set aside to help support travel/registration for Polar2018. The vast majority of SCAR & IASC funds are allocated to their groups to support their activities. Some of these groups use parts of their budgets to support travel/registration costs for people participating in their group business meetings held at SCAR/IASC conferences and/or to help encourage new participants to join their efforts. If you are part of a SCAR group or IASC project, you may wish to contact the group chair to see if they are planning to award any funds for this purpose. However, please keep in mind that these groups have small budgets ($1000-5000 USD), so large amounts of support for individuals are not often possible. If funds do become available, announcements will be made through the SCAR or IASC group email list or posted on the SCAR website / Facebook Group or IASC website / Facebook group.
For early career Arctic scientists, IASC also supports IASC Fellows‘ travel to Arctic Science Summit Week (under the auspices of Polar2018). Information about the program can be found on the IASC Fellowship webpage. Applications, administered by APECS, will be due in the autumn.
In addition, from time to time, national funding calls are coordinated to support participation in SCAR events. You may want to contact the SCAR Delegate and/or your SCAR National Committee contact to see if there are specific funds to support attendance of participants from your country in Polar2018.
You can find the contact information for SCAR Delegates, National Committees, and Group Leaders under the About Us/Leadership section of the SCAR website.
You can find the contact information for the IASC Council and Working Group members under their respective pages on the IASC website.
Further, APECS has put together a helpful resource on finding travel funding: https://www.apecs.is/career-resources/tips-for-conferences/finding-travel-funding.html.
New funding opportunity from APECS (deadline at the end of February)!
We understand that travel funding is often one of the main limitations for people to attending conferences. Unfortunately, SCAR & IASC do not have specific funds set aside to help support travel/registration for Polar2018. The vast majority of SCAR & IASC funds are allocated to their groups to support their activities. Some of these groups use parts of their budgets to support travel/registration costs for people participating in their group business meetings held at SCAR/IASC conferences and/or to help encourage new participants to join their efforts. If you are part of a SCAR group or IASC project, you may wish to contact the group chair to see if they are planning to award any funds for this purpose. However, please keep in mind that these groups have small budgets ($1000-5000 USD), so large amounts of support for individuals are not often possible. If funds do become available, announcements will be made through the SCAR or IASC group email list or posted on the SCAR website / Facebook Group or IASC website / Facebook group.
For early career Arctic scientists, IASC also supports IASC Fellows‘ travel to Arctic Science Summit Week (under the auspices of Polar2018). Information about the program can be found on the IASC Fellowship webpage. Applications, administered by APECS, will be due in the autumn.
In addition, from time to time, national funding calls are coordinated to support participation in SCAR events. You may want to contact the SCAR Delegate and/or your SCAR National Committee contact to see if there are specific funds to support attendance of participants from your country in Polar2018.
You can find the contact information for SCAR Delegates, National Committees, and Group Leaders under the About Us/Leadership section of the SCAR website.
You can find the contact information for the IASC Council and Working Group members under their respective pages on the IASC website.
Further, APECS has put together a helpful resource on finding travel funding: https://www.apecs.is/career-resources/tips-for-conferences/finding-travel-funding.html.
