International Arctic Science Committee and Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research are seeking for Medal Nominations 

The 4th International Polar Year (IPY) ran from March 2007 to March 2009, and focused international scientific and educational attention on the Earth's Polar Regions. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, IPY Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Pol...

Theme 6 - Polar Science Education, Outreach, and Communication PolarTEACHERS Workshop 6-12 June 2010Opportunities for Early Career Researchers

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks motivated PhD candidates for their Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS) program (http://www.uaf.edu/mesas). The position is based in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Government of Nunavut, Department of Culture, Language, Elders, and Youth, seeks applications for a Manager of Heritage. The position is based in Igloolik, Nunavut.

Researchers planning to include the use of UNAVCO resources in proposals under the current National Science Foundation (NSF) solicitations are encouraged to contact UNAVCO no later than Monday, 4 January 2010. For further information and to request proposal assistance from UNAVCO, please visit the UNAVCO website (http://achai...

The Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments announces its Sixth Call for Complementary Funding of established research projects relating to Inuit environmental health research.

Organizers of Session 4.1, "Human health and well-being in the polar regions," announce a call for abstracts. Contributions are being sought from researchers in the fields of polar medicine, psychology, sociology, human geography, and the related fields of tourism, community health, epidemiology, human adaptation to extreme a...

Organizers of Session 4.2, "Natural resource exploration and utilization," announce a call for abstracts.Organizers of Session 5.2, "Polar observing systems," announce a call for abstracts. Organizers of Session 5.5, "Space for polar science," announce a call for abstracts.

Organizers of Session 3.3, "Arctic-subArctic connections: Ecosystems and biodiversity," announce a call for abstracts.

The Top-level Research Initiative (TFI) announces a call for a Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) program within the sub-program "Interaction between Climate Change and the Cryosphere."

The Svalbard Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Project continues to offer exciting opportunities for students to participate in polar science research projects on the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Since 2003, REU has been calibrating the record of Holocene climate change contained in glacial-fed Lake Linne by st...

The Geoscience Education (GeoEd) Program is part of a portfolio of programs within the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) that seeks to increase public understanding of Earth system science and foster recruitment, training, and retention of a diverse and skilled geoscience workforce for the future.

Master's Programme in Circumpolar Health and Wellbeing (MCH) seeks applicants for studies starting in January 2011.

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) seeks an Executive Officer to assist in the running of the SCAR Secretariat. The position is available as either full-time or part-time.