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Call for Applications from Norwegian scholars for Round IV of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative
Application deadline for Norwegian scholars: 1 March 2024
For more information see: Fulbright Norway FAI IV webpage
The Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO) Conference Travel Grant Program is now open for applications.
Travel awards to attend and present polar-related work at a conference are open to polar early career scientists and educators. In this Spring 2024 funding cycle, PSECCO will be distributing $5,000 of awards. Applicants may request a reasonable amount of funding to support their travel to/from a conference, up to a value of $900 per person, with awards aimed at those with demonstrated financial need. An additional $100 is available for awardees who organize a PSECCO social event at the conference.
The application deadline is March 15, 2024 at 11.59pm MT. PSECCO will open another round of conference travel funding in the fall of 2024.
To apply for the travel funding, please fill out this google form. Note that the grants can be used to support transportation, accommodation, per diem, meeting registration, abstract submission, and dependent care costs (if applicable). Other costs may be considered depending on the need and accompanying explanation. Please also note that a tax of approximately 14% will be applied by CU to any funding that is received by Foreign Nationals through this grant program.
To be eligible for funding applicants must:
- Be an early career scientist (undergraduate to seven years beyond your terminal degree) OR be a currently practicing K-12 or informal educator
- Be based in the United States and affiliated with a US-based institution
- Do polar-related research or educate about the polar regions
- Have demonstrated financial need
- Be attending a conference taking place after April 1st, 2024 and before November 1st, 2024.
PSECCO is committed to supporting and creating opportunities for those from backgrounds underrepresented in the sciences. People from groups historically excluded from the polar sciences are encouraged to apply.
Please note that awardees of the grant are expected to:
- Give a presentation at the conference (poster or oral).
- Submit a short report to PSECCO (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) within two months of the conclusion of the conference. This includes a 500-word reflection on what you got out of attending the conference and at least two photographs of you at the event that can be shared on the PSECCO website and media outlets. - Serve on a selection committee for the next conference funding award cycle.
Recipients of the grant will have support to organize a PSECCO social meet-up event for polar early career scientists and educators at the conference if they choose to do so, with an extra $100 stipend provided to those who do.
If you have questions, please email
Professor Position Available: Marine Phytoplankton Ecology - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Professor Position Available
Marine Phytoplankton Ecology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
Application deadline: 15 March 2024
For more information, go to: Full position description
Call for Abstracts and Registration: Community and Citizen Science in the Far North 2024 Conference
Call for Abstracts and Registration
Community and Citizen Science in the Far North 2024 Conference
17-18 April 2024
Online via Zoom
Abstract submission deadline: 8 March 2024, 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time
For more information, go to: Conference webpage
Postdoctoral Position Available: Ice Mechanics – Aalto University, Finland
Postdoctoral Position Available
Ice Mechanics
Aalto University
Otaniemi, Finland
Application deadline: 31 March 2024, 11:59 p.m. Finnish Time (UTC +2)
For more information and to apply, go to: Full position description
Postdoctoral Position Available: Evolutionary Biology – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Postdoctoral Position Available
Evolutionary Biology
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
Application review begins: 16 March 2024
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The Danish company Eltronic FuelTech is now the first in the industry to offer equipment for supplying fuel from tanks to engines on methanol-powered ships. This can save shipping companies both money as well as energy while enhancing safety.
The naming of Laura Mærsk, A.P. Moller-Maersk’s first container ship that can sail on green methanol, marked the start of more sustainable shipping. In the wake of this, the Danish engineering company Eltronic FuelTech has now launched a new supply system – a so-called Low-flashpoint Fuel Supply system (LFSS) – for this particular vessel.
In doing so, players in the shipping industry can now have an integrated fuel supply system from the fuel tank to the engine comprising a single supply system and fuel valve train which improves safety, cuts costs and saves energy.
“Embracing green methanol as a fuel has been increasing markedly in recent years, and with the new LFSS system, we can make a significant contribution to the green transition of the shipping industry. In the past, several suppliers were required to put together a complete fuel supply system all the way from the fuel tank to the engine, but the fact that we can now supply the entire system brings multiple benefits,” says Louise Andreasen, CEO at Eltronic FuelTech.
There are savings associated with the logistics, as one and the same container can be used for spare parts for the entire system, and fewer repair technicians will be required in connection with maintenance.
“It’s a huge advantage for customers that it’s now available as a combined package so they no longer have to maintain the interfaces between two different systems. At the same time, when we deliver a combined solution, we can guarantee the safety of the entire system,” says Louise Andreasen.
Pump alone can save 40,000 kWh a year
While most other supply systems on the market use two pumps to pump the methanol around, Eltronic FuelTech has managed to create an LFSS with only one pump, thereby saving considerable energy. In addition, it is now possible to adjust the pump depending on the engine load, so that only the right amount of methanol is supplied to the engine, something which has not been possible until now.
“This means that if a ship is sailing slowly, the pump automatically adjusts to the load, so that it only runs at 60% of full power for example. With other systems, unnecessarily large quantities of methanol are pumped around the system, which clearly affects electricity consumption, especially on large ships,” says Louise Andreasen, and continues:
“With the biggest engines on container ships, for example, the pumps usually use more than 100,000 kWh a year pumping the methanol from the fuel tanks to the engine. With our new supply system, we expect to be able to cut consumption by up to 40%.”
In addition to developing systems for a ship’s main engines, Eltronic FuelTech has also developed a compact combined system to supply the ship’s auxiliary engines with fuel from the tanks.
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Date: Monday 4th March
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Venue: Intercontinental Berlin, Budapester Str. 2, 10787 Berlin
Nearest U-bahn Station: Wittenbergplatz
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Radisson Hotel Group and Oliver Wyman are delighted to invite you to join the eco-revolution.
Together, the travel titans will reveal the latest on the global tourism body’s ground-breaking Hotel Sustainability Basics programme, diving into the heart of green innovation.
Oliver Wyman and WTTC will then unveil the world-first blueprint for the travel sector to master ESG reporting. This will be the sector’s secret weapon to meeting mandatory ESG reporting in destinations such as the US and European Union.
These two programmes are putting sustainability at the centre of decision-making the world over.
Julia Simpson, WTTC President & CEO, will be in Berlin to give the media and ministers a sneak peak at travel’s new green frontier!
In addition to joining us in person, in Berlin, we will have a virtual option too.
We look forward to seeing you.
Kind Regards,
WTTC Communications
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The Fulbright Program is an interdisciplinary international research collaboration where 16-20 scientists from all Arctic Council countries work together in three thematic research groups.
Building on the scholarship of three cohorts of the Fulbright Arctic Initiative, Fulbright Arctic IV will bring together a network of professionals, practitioners and researchers from the United States, Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden for monthly webinars, thematic group collaboration, three in-person meetings and an individual exchange experience. Fulbright Arctic Initiative (FAI) IV will address key research and policy questions related to promoting Arctic Security through a diverse, multi-dimensional, cooperative interdisciplinary framework.
The fourth round of research is starting in the fall of 2024 and lasts until the Spring of 2026.
The themes of FAI IV are
- Climate Change and Arctic Resources
- Arctic Security and Governance
- Mental Health and Well-Being
Fulbright Commission Iceland has the opportunity to sponsor two Icelandic scholars to participate and encourage those who conduct research and professionals with expertise in one of the main areas of the project to familiarize themselves with this unique opportunity.
In addition to the multitude of professional development benefits that come with participation in this cohort program, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholars will receive grant funding in the amount of $40,000 (or an equivalent amount in local currency) to support their international travel to all in-person program meetings and maintenance for the individual exchange visit, research materials and assistance for grantees only. Accommodations and meals for all group meetings will be covered separately.
The deadline to apply is the 1st of March 2024.
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UArctic member bulletin for the month of February 2024 has just been released.
Lead story
Save the Date: UArctic Assembly meeting 2024
Together with the hosts Nord University and Nordland Research Institute, we are pleased to invite you to attend the 5th annual UArctic Assembly meeting, held in Bodø, Norway, on 2-3 June 2024. The meeting will be held as part of the Arctic Congress, held on 29 May – 3 June 2024 in Bodø, Norway.
News:
- Open Call for Nominations – Assembly Vice-Chair
- Call for nominations: 2024 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award
- Arctic Indigenous Witness short films featured at Skábmagovat film festival
- Introducing the first winners of the UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund
Highlights from Thematic Networks and Chairs:
- UArctic Chair Professor Kamrul Hossain lectured at the summer school on "Indigenous Rights, Responsibilities and Ethics"
- COIL@UArctic event: Collaborative Online International Learning in the Arctic
- UArctic Thematic Network leads and project featured in New York Times article
Student Highlight
New intern Valeriia Makeionok has joined the UArctic International Secretariat
Valeriia Makeionok is a second-year Master's Degree student from the University of Lapland, pursuing the Northern Tourism programme. Valeriia holds the position of Events Coordinator intern. The main tasks will be associated with supporting and planning various UArctic events, such as UArctic Congress 2024 and UArctic Assembly Meeting 2024.
- Arctic Resilient Communities Youth Fellowship (ARCYF) Successfully Concludes Inaugural Year with Empowering Workshop in Yellowknife, Canada
- RFP now open at DHS Center of Excellence CINA
- Registration Opens: Arctic Security conference | Copenhagen, Denmark
- Webcast: Finland’s Priorities and Challenges in 2024: A Conversation with Minister Anders Adlercreutz