Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Polar Early Career Social during AGU 2024! It was great connecting with so many passionate...

Come join our elightening talk at AGU 2024 titled C41C-03 Empowering the Polar Science Community: A Decade of USAPECS in Supporting Early...

Join other Arctic and Antarctic researchers for a short and fun networking social activity and head out for food with new friends...

Members of the 2023-2024 USAPECS Board just wrapped up their term activities with a published paper! If you are interested in USAPECS...

In conjunction with APECS International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the ninth...

I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S. I...

I am a first year Ph.D. student, focused on interpreting diatom records to better understand paleoenvironmental conditions and facies...

USAPECS’s social media reach is growing! We are proud to announce that our subscriber count on BlueSky has quickly grown to 1,700. We...

The recording of USAPECS's Online Filmmaker Roundtable, part of the 2024 international Polar Film Festival (PFF), is now available on...

USAPECS’s 8th Annual International Polar Film Festival (PFF) is live. The PFF will run from Sept. 23-Sept. 27, 2024. This online event...

Call for Board Members 2024-2025

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IARPC Newsletter May 24

In conjunction with APECS International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the eighth...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Community of Practice will...

The United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar, “Water in a...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

This year, USAPECS is hosting a blog series entitled “Exploring Polar Science Across Disciplines”! We are looking for US-based scientists...

We are currently accepting paper abstracts for our upcoming open session Cross/Trans-Disciplinary Collaborations and Advancing Community,...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

The Polar Film Festival 2023 is live with all films available for viewing during International Polar Week (Sept. 18-22, 2023). Please...

In conjunction with International Polar Week, the US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) is hosting the seventh annual...

Call for new board members 2023-24

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

July 20, 2023, 10:00 am-11:00 am Alaska/2:00 pm-3 pm Eastern The United States Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS)...

Polar Film Festival 2023

My name is Eleanor, and I am in my final year at Boston University, where I’ve been simultaneously pursuing my Bachelor’s degree in Earth...

I chose my college courses by which ones had the best field trips. Biology and geology field work paired well with my outdoor and...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

My experiences in polar science and my experiences with chronic illness are closely linked. My first introduction to the field of...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

When unplanned graduate school courses become career strengths and tips for increasing your interdisciplinary literacy I did all three of...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Happy New Year! Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

US Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (USAPECS) will be hosting a “Get to Know Us & Listening Session” webinar on Thursday,...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

Almost every day there is another news story about the rapidly changing polar environments and how amplified climate change is...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

USAPECS announces our call for applications for the 2022-2023 executive board. Members of the USAPECS Board work together to develop and...

I still remember getting an email when I was a senior at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019 about a last-minute opportunity to...

Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research from, and opportunities for, early career researchers working...

Arctic Early Career News USAPECS + IARPC Early Career Forum Periodically USAPECS and the IARPC Early Career Forum will share research...

Dear USAPECS Members and the Polar Science Community, We, the Board of USAPECS, as the national committee representing United States...

USAPECS is hosting a Becoming a Polar Scientist/Becoming part of the Polar Scientific Community blog series this year! We are looking for...

This call has closed for 2021/2022. Please look for a call in the Summer of 2022 for the 2022-2023 year. Are you an early career...

From Carbon Emissions to Colonization Bearing the brunt of others’ footprints, from carbon emissions to colonization, is not a new...

As a kid, I spent my days running around the forests and fields of rural central Wisconsin (USA) learning the names of all the trees and...

In 2006, a geologist from San Juan, Argentina named Juan Pablo Milana laid out a map on the desk of Argentina’s highest environmental...

How do I know what a policymaker is interested in? How do I make connections? When is the best time to meet with policymakers? If you,...