This Commission serves as a strategic body for the Swiss community in polar and high altitude research and represents their scientific interests nationally as well as internationally. In order to promote young talents, it awards the Prix de Quervain. More

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Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research SCPH

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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    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.

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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

  • Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research SCPH

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    Call: nominations of master's, doctoral or postdoc work in High Altitude Research

    The deadline was on 14 March 2025

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Christian Preiswerk Head SCPH

House of Academies
Laupenstrasse 7
P.O. Box
3001 Bern

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