Deadlines: 1 June (COMNAP & IAATO) | 31 July (SCAR) 2025
Several calls are open for Antarctic Fellowships. The schemes run in parallel and are offered to early-career researchers, engineers, environmental managers, and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in a range of fields concerned with Antarctic research. Check below!
Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) Early Career Award
The scheme enables award recipients to work with a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating partnerships. Funding will support individuals wishing to visit a facility in or run by a COMNAP Member/Observer country that is different from the applicant’s country of citizenship and current residence. For the 2025 call, COMNAP will offer one award of up to 15.000 $.
The awards are open to early career researchers, defined as someone who is within the first five years after completing the highest level of university award/certificate/degree obtained or any person, regardless of university completion, who has begun an Antarctic-related career in the past five years.
More details here.
International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) Antarctic Fellowship
Administered by COMNAP, the IAATO Antarctic Fellowship Scheme supports early career professionals who wish to work with members of the IAATO community or complete project work at or in partnership with a facility, field facility or higher learning institute in an Antarctic Treaty country. The country must be different from the applicant’s country of citizenship (which should be an Antarctic Treaty country) and country of current residence. IAATO will offer one fellowshipof up to 15.000 $.
Eligible candidates are early career researchers who are within the first five years after completion of the highest level of university award/certificate/degree obtained, or any person, regardless of university completion, who has begun an Antarctic-related career in the past five years
More details here.
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Fellowships
Fellowships are available to early career scientists from SCAR member countries who wish to visit other member countries to carry out short periods of Antarctic research. The initiative is designed to encourage the active involvement of early career researchers in furthering knowledge and understanding of Antarctica by joining a project team from another country. Four to five awards of up to 15.000 $ are available for one year.
Applicants should be current PhD researchers or within five years of finishing their PhD in Antarctic and Southern Ocean-related disciplines. The work must be carried out in a research group in a SCAR member country other than the applicant’s origin and current residence.
More details here.