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To further scientific and technological cooperation between the United States and the European Community, the National Science Foundation and the European Research Council signed an Implementing Arrangement on October 29, 2019 to enable U.S.-based scientists and engineers with active NSF awards, particularly those early on in their careers, to pursue research collaboration with European colleagues supported through EU-funded European Research Council (ERC) grants.

Connecting researchers with complementary strengths and shared interests promotes scientific progress in solving some of the world's most vexing problems. This international research opportunity is mutually beneficial to the U.S. participants and their hosts through cooperative activities during research visits and establishing international research partnerships to enrich future research activities in the U.S. and Europe.

Under the Arrangement, the ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA) identifies ERC-funded research groups who wish to host NSF grantees for research visits of up to one year within their ERC funding.

Requests must be received at NSF at least 3 months prior to the proposed visit, but no later than May 15, 2020, for consideration using Fiscal Year 2020 funds.

Please follow the link above for complete details.

UPDATE: The Research to Operations: Fire & Resource Management Workshop will be postponed to 10-14 May 2021. We look forward to meeting with that community in person in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Alaska Fire Science Consortium is working with the NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) to organize a hands-on workshop on using their data and products in operational and decision-making settings. The workshop will be coordinated with the 6th ABoVE Science Team Meeting in Fairbanks, May 11-14, 2020, with the workshop starting after lunch on Thursday, May 14, and continuing all day Friday, May 15. Managers are welcome to attend the Science Team Meeting as well.

This will be a great opportunity for researchers and managers to work directly together to follow up on the progress made by the 2017 AFSC remote sensing workshop and its report and explore the use of promising research products in a management context. ABoVE has a helpful online web portal to its data products. The ABoVE domain includes most of Alaska and western Canada, and we hope that the workshop will include our Canadian colleagues.

Please let Alison York (ayork [at] alaska.edu) know if you are interested in participating, and we will share more information as we have it.

SEARCH invites you to read the Arctic Futures 2050 conference report and to discuss future directions for Arctic research. You can access the online version of the full, 48-page conference report here or the 4-page executive summary here. You also can request a printed copy of the report or summary from Andrea Fisher at afisher13 [at] alaska.edu.

Two webinars—open by registration—will allow you to discuss Arctic research needs in the context of the conference report and/or your own observations and research. Those discussions will help SEARCH develop both its future programs as well as offer input to the 5-year Arctic research plan being developed by the Interagency Arctic Policy Research Committee (IARPC). More information about the IARPC research plan is here.

We hope you will join us for one of these SEARCH-hosted webinars (90 minutes):

Webinar 1: Thursday, May 14 at 9:00 am AKDT, 10:00 am PDT, 11:00 am MDT, 12:00 pm CDT, 1:00 pm EDT

Register here: https://alaska.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlcuGppzMiGdSgFiBda7K9vkwbao4…

Webinar 2: Monday, May 18 at 12:00 pm AKDT, 1:00 pm PDT, 2:00 pm MDT, 3:00 pm CDT, 4:00 pm EDT

Register here:
https://alaska.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYldOCgqTsqHdGdcurEnKEJFeGIO4h…

The webinars are open to all (whether or not you attended the conference) and reading the conference report beforehand is optional. While you are welcome to join both webinars, the format and opportunity to offer your input will be the same for both sessions. Please contact Andrea Fisher (afisher13 [at] alaska.edu) with questions about the report or the webinars.

We look forward to hearing from you on May 14 or May 18.

The ADAC meeting will include reflections by Admiral Karl Schultz and is expected to include: an updated Project Video (which explains the project research and application); a pdf copy of the Project Investigator's Powerpoint presentation; and, a short video of the Project Investigator discussing/presenting the associated Powerpoint viewgraphs.

Register here: https://arcticdomainawarenesscenter.org/Registration_AnnualMeeting6

Update: The Arctic Days in St. Petersburg–2020: International Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic in the Era on Climate Change planned for May 13­–14, 2020 have been postponed due to the rapidly changing situation around COVID-19 pandemic.

The Russian State Hydrometeorological University is pleased to invite you to join the Arctic Days in St. Petersburg–2020: “International Scientific Cooperation in the Arctic in the Era on Climate Change” held in St. Petersburg on May 13–14, 2020.

The Conference will bring together social and natural scientists, industry professionals, policy makers, Indigenous leaders, and other stakeholders from across the Arctic. In response to ongoing climate change, the organizing committee invites you to participate in the formation of an international interdisciplinary platform for discussing pressing issues of socio-cultural, economic development and international cooperation in the Arctic. Learning from the past and planning for the future, we are welcoming the Arctic Days participants to discuss the themes that include, but are not limited to:

• International cooperation in the Arctic
• Climate change and environmental scenarios for the Arctic
• Science and diplomacy in the Arctic
• Paleoenvironmental archaeology and Arctic evolution
• The future of the Arctic economy
• The prospects for the Arctic shipping
• Human and social capital development
• The changing role of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic
• Gender studies in the Arctic

Working languages: Russian, English.

Free Registration: Registration is now open and there are no conference fees.

Registration and abstract submission deadline are March 5, 2020.

Visa support: If you need a visa, we encourage you to register as soon as possible.

Contact email: arctic.days.st.petersburg [at] gmail.com

Participants who wish to present a paper (oral or poster) at the conference will be required to submit an abstract information:

• Presenting author first and last name, e-mail address, organization, and country.
• If applicable, co-author(s) first and last name, e-mail address, organization, and country.
• Title of your presentation or poster.
• Abstract (length limit approximately 250 words/1600 characters, including spaces). This text is used by the Program Committee to assess the potential of the presentation.

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon and hopefully seeing you in St. Petersburg!

Update: The 26th ISPS, scheduled on 12-13 May 2020 in Incheon, Korea, is cancelled as a proactive measure against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Korea.

This symposium aims to bring polar scientists together to discuss their research findings and to promote international collaborative research. We cordially invite you to share your knowledge and perspectives on future outlook in polar research.

Theme:
Humanity is undergoing dramatic global climate changes and facing global issues such as extreme weather, rising sea levels, food and water shortage. ‘IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’ has also expressed concern about rapid sea level rise and the possibility of increasing frequency of extreme sea level events in the near future.

The polar region is the place that holds the oldest climate records and shows the environmental changes earlier and clearer than any other place on earth.

During the symposium, we will highlight the findings in polar science and technology to understand the changes we are currently experiencing in the global perspective and to find the solutions to those global issues.

Abstract submission deadline is extended until February 21, 2020.

Registration will be available at the symposium website until April 24, 2020.

The Permafrost Discovery Gateway is a new NSF Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) award that will create an online platform for archiving, processing, analyzing, and visualizing permafrost big imagery products for discovery and knowledge-generation. This new online scientific gateway will provide access to high resolution satellite data products and visualization tools that expand on the Gapminder Foundation, Google Earth and Fluid Earth Viewer to enable exploration of changes in permafrost across decades. Designed as a community resource, we want input across all stages of development. Join us for this interactive webinar to learn about the Permafrost Discovery Gateway and inform initial development. Which geospatial data are critical for inclusion? How will you use the resource and what functionality do you need? How can we improve on efficiencies in your data discovery and access workflow?

Please also visit our website to learn more and to join our mailing list for future updates and opportunities to contribute.

Biography:

Anna Liljedahl is an Associate Scientist at Woods Hole Research Center and PI of the Permafrost Discovery Gateway. She describes herself as a scientist that enjoys science that spans multiple disciplines and approaches, while her main "currency" is water. More specifically, how climate change is affecting the flow and storage of water in permafrost and/or glacier affected landscapes. More recent interests include cyberinfrastructure enabling of big data science as well as solutions to climate change.
Anna will be joined by a panel of investigators and leaders from the project.

UPDATE:

The 6th ABoVE Science Team Meeting will be held virtually 11-13 May 2020. The Organizing Committee has been discussing a revised focused agenda that can be conducted using online collaboration tools that will allow the entire team to participate. Plan to meet virtually each day starting at 1300 EDT in two 90 minute sessions separated by a one hour break.

During these sessions over three days we will discuss results from projects, hear about progress from the Working Groups, discuss ongoing and future field work and synthesis activities, as well as other business at hand.

We will provide guidance on the specific collaboration platform for the posters by early next week. Posters will need to be uploaded by 1 May so that they can be viewed prior to the meeting.

For the time being please:

• Decide who should represent each project
• Plan to have at least one poster for each project
• Students and postdocs are encouraged to submit posters
• Cancel any hotel and flight reservations you may have made

Note that the Research to Operations: Fire & Resource Management Workshop will be postponed to a future date. We look forward to meeting with that community in person in Fairbanks, Alaska, sometime in 2021.

Who should attend?

• 1-2 Science Team Members Per Project
• ABoVE Management
• Alaska Fire Science Consortium
• Registration for both meetings is open to ABoVE science team members, participants in the AFSC fire management workshop, and invited stakeholders.

Deadlines:

• Field trip registration deadline: April 20th
• Poster submission deadline: April 20th
• Hotel Deadline for discounted rate: April 25th

The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) continues to expand its collection of snow data, including through NASA’s recent SnowEx campaign, the AirBorne Snow Observatory (ASO) mission, and ongoing global snow cover products from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) missions. Join us to learn about these snow-focused NASA missions and products through a live stream demonstration which will show how to discover, access, and couple NSIDC DAAC snow data across various geospatial scales.

Join NSF Office of Polar Programs (OPP) Officers to discuss the NSF response to COVID-19, including impacts on awards, regulations, and the 2020 field season. This is an opportunity for open dialog with OPP and they welcome the research community to join, ask questions, and share feedback.

More information about the topics to be covered in this webinar: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/coronavirus