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Call for nominations: Prix de Quervain 2026 for Polar Research
The Prix de Quervain 2026 will be awarded for outstanding research conducted in, or originat-ing from, the two polar regions, across all scientific disciplines.
Eligible to participate are early career researchers who have completed their master's, doctoral or postdoctoral work after 15 March 2024 at a research institution in Switzerland. Submissions will be evaluated based on their scientific significance, originality, relevance to science and/or practice, and the overall quality of presentation.
Deadline for submissions: 16 March 2026, via this online form.
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Prix de Quervain awarded to two early career researchers
To Paraskevi Georgagaki and Simon Schneider for their PhDs on ice crystals in clouds and in high altitude medicine respectively. The award ceremony is at the Swiss Polar Day on 5 September
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Swiss researcher becomes Vice-President of the International Arctic Science Committee IASC
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, a long-standing member of the Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research (SCPH) and professor at the University of Zurich, elected IASC Vice-President
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Call: nominations of master's, doctoral or postdoc work in High Altitude Research
The deadline was on 14 March 2025