Useful Links

· Canadian Organizations · APECS · Funding Opportunities for Trainees · Observing Networks and Data Archives · Arctic Colleges, Universities, and Institutions · International Programs, Initiatives and Assessments · International Organizations ·

Canadian Organizations

Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC)

ArcticNet

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS)

Canadian Polar Commission

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Canadian Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate (C-SPARC)

Environment Canada

Storm Studies in the Arctic (STAR) Research Network

 

APECS - Association of Polar Early Career Scientists

 

Homepage

Career Development Webinar Series

Funding Resources Database (international and interdisciplinary)

Polar Related Jobs
Who's Who in Polar Science

 

Funding Opportunities for Trainees

 

Application guide: How to apply for an NSERC award (provides information on all NSERC-supported undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral awards available)

Links to various financial awards and grants (Dalhousie) (UNB) (USaskatchewan) (USherbrooke) (UToronto) (UW) (UWO) (York)

National Education Index for students interested in pursuing an undergraduate and graduate programs in the USA

 

Postdoctoral Programs

NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

NSERC Industrial R&D Fellowships Program

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships Program

NSERC Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories Program

UCAR Postdocs Applying Climate Expertise (PACE) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The W. Garfield Weston Postdoctoral Fellowship in Northern Research  

 

Postgraduate Programs

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) Grants

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS)

Antarctic Science International Bursary

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) Awards

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Scholarship Supplement

Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) Scholarship

Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) Student Awards Program

Canadian Polar Commission Scholarship

Centre for Global Change Science (CGCS) Graduate Student Awards Competition (@UToronto)

Environment Canada Atmospheric and Meteorological Graduate Supplements

Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships (IPS)

Lorraine Allison Memorial Scholarship

Open Education Database (OEDb) Graduate Student Guide to Online Schools

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program (Vanier CGS)

W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research (Doctoral)

W. Garfield Weston Award for Northern Research (Masters)

W.L. Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships

 

Undergraduate Programs

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP)

Centre for Global Change Science (CGCS) Summer Undergraduate Intern Programme (@UToronto)

Environment Canada Atmospheric and Meteorological Undergraduate Supplements

Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards Program

NSERC CREATE Undergraduate Internships (our program)

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) Program

RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) German summer internship program for undergraduate students from the United States, Canada and the UK

Summer travel, employment and research opportunities (UToronto Physics)

 

Observing Networks and Data Archives

 

Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET)

Arctic Lidar Observatory for Middle Atmosphere Research (ALOMAR) 

Arctic Portal (links to databases)

International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA)

International Study of Arctic Change (ISAC) / Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)

Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC)

NOAA/ESRL's Global Monitoring Division (formerly CMDL)

Polar Data Catalogue (PDC)

Polar Information Commons

Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON)

Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON)

Arctic Colleges, Universities, and Institutions

Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS)

Aurora College

National Institute of Polar Research

Nunavut Arctic College

Nunavut Research Institute (NRI)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

University of the Arctic

Yukon College

International Programs, Initiatives and Assessments

2nd International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II)

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)

Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR)

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW)

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008

Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC)

State of the Arctic Coast 

SWIPA – Snow, Water, Ice, Permafrost in the Arctic

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Ozone Assessments

International Organizations

International Arctic Organizations (Governmental)

Arctic Centre Finland 

Arctic Circumpolar Cultural Gateway (ACG)

Arctic Circumpolar Route

Arctic Council

Arctic Council Working Groups

Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) 

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) 

Emergency, Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) 

Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) 

The Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) 

Arctic Council Permanent Participants

Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) 

Aleut International Association (AIA) 

Gwich'in Council International (GCI) 

Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC)

Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON)

Saami Council

Supported by the Indigenous Peoples Secretariat (IPS) 

Arctic Institute of North America Canada/USA

Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) USA

Circumpolar Conservation Union (CCU) 

Conference of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (CPAR)

European Polar Board (EPB)

Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO)

Fram Climate Research Laboratory (FAL) Russian/Norwegian 

International Arctic Research Center (IARC) US/Japan

International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)

International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)  

International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)

International Permafrost Association (IPA)

International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA)

International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH)

Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM)  

Nordic Environment Finance Corporation Northern Forum (NEFCO)

Northern Forum (NF) 

Northern Research Forum (NRF)

Otto Schmidt Laboratory (OSL) Russian/German 

Pacific Arctic Group (PAG)

Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR)

World Wide Fund for Nature-Global Arctic Program (WWF)

 

Other International Organizations

Advisory Committee on Protection of the Seas (ACOPS)

International Council for Science (ICSU)

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

UN Environment Program (UNEP-GRID/Arendal)

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

 

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