Funding Available for Early Career Scientists
Polar Research: Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the
International Polar Year
SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference
8-11 July 2008
St. Petersburg, Russia
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 15 January 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.iasc.se or http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and Scientific
Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) are jointly organizing the
SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference in St Petersburg, Russia, on 8-11
July 2008. Natural and social scientists are invited to present papers
under a series of session headings that address the themes of the
International Polar Year (IPY).
IASC will provide travel grants for early career scientists (less than
five years after completion of PhD) who present papers with an Arctic
component. The maximum travel support will be 2,000 EUR per person.
Applications consisting of the abstract submitted to the conference, a
short but informative CV, and an estimate of the travel costs should be
sent by Tuesday, 15 January 2008, to:
IASC Secretariat
P.O. Box 50003
104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46-8-6739613
E-mail: iasc [at] iasc.se
Applications for funding will be considered only when the abstract has
been submitted and accepted at:
http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org