Meet us at the 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting in Bern on 5 and 6 December 2025.
SPI will present its activities with a booth and convenes the session n°18 on polar and high-altitude environments with the Swiss Commission for Polar and High Altitude Research (SCPH) and the Association of Polar Early-Career Scientists (APECS) Switzerland.
The Polar Access Fund call is open until 20 January 2026, 12:00 (noon) CET.
Co-funded by the Swiss Polar Institute and BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation, the Polar Access Fund supports early-career researchers based in Switzerland for an initial field trip to the polar and remote high-altitude regions.
Photo © Éliot Sicaud, all rights reserved
The PolARTS call is open until 31 January 2026, 17:00 CET.
PolARTS is a joint initiative by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Swiss Polar Institute.
Illustration credit © Jean-Vincent Simonet, all rights reserved
Every year the Swiss Polar Institute awards competitive grants to scientific projects in the Arctic, Antarctic and remote high-altitude regions. This section offers an overview of the scientific projects supported by the Swiss Polar Institute in polar and high-altitude regions.
