<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Bolin Centre Scientists,<div class="">[For Your Information email]</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please see below for interesting funding opportunities for Polar research.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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It contains several calls highly relevant for polar research. Read more.<br class="">Calls:<br class=""><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-13-5C" target="_blank" class="">- An integrated Arctic observation system</a><br class=""><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-14-5C" target="_blank" class="">- Impact of Arctic changes on the weather and climate of the Northern Hemisphere</a><br class=""><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-15-5C" target="_blank" class="">- The effect of climate change on Arctic permafrost and its socio-economic impact, with a focus on coastal areas </a><br class=""><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-16-5C" target="_blank" class="">- A 1.5 million year look into the past for improving climate predictions </a><br class="">Read more on Horizon 2020 <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-17-5C" target="_blank" class="">on Vinnova's site<br class=""></a><br class=""><strong class="">Scholarship for Polar Research</strong><br class="">The Ymer-80 trust has opened its annual call on polar research. Application deadline is December 2. <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-18-5C" target="_blank" class=""></a><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-19-5C" target="_blank" class="">Read more (in Swedish only).</a><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-1A-5C" target="_blank" class=""></a> Applicants are welcomed to consider applying for Support in Minor Extent from Swedish Polar Research Secretariat: <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-1B-5C" target="_blank" class="">SIMO.</a> <br class=""> <strong class=""><br class="">Opportunities to finance US-European research collaborations</strong><br class="">NSF has issued a "Dear colleague letter" funding possibilities to US colleagues on financing their cooperation with European and Canadian scientists within the Galway Process. This is connects well to include US cooperation in the upcoming Horizon 2020 proposals. <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-1C-5C" target="_blank" class="">Read the letter here. </a><br class=""><strong class=""><br class="">Comment SCAR:S new strategic plan</strong><br class="">Scientific Committe on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is working on a new strategic plan for 2017-2022. The full Antarctic research community is now invited to enhance the document. Read more on the process and de draft plan below. <u class="">Comments from the Swedish research community will be compiled by professor Anna Wåhlin member of SCAR:s Standing Committee for GeoSciences <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="mailto:anna.wahlin@marine.gu.se" target="_blank" class="">anna.wahlin@marine.gu.se</a>.</u> Send her your comments not later than 15 November to allow time for compilation.<br class="">Documents:<br class=""><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-1D-5C" target="_blank" class="">- Letter from SCAR President</a> <br class=""><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-1E-5C" target="_blank" class="">- Strategic Plan Process </a><br class=""><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-1F-5C" target="_blank" class="">- Strategic Plan Draft 3 </a><br class=""><strong class=""><br class="">Call for Abstracts: SCAR 2016 Open Science Conference</strong><br class="">SCAR announces the Call for Abstracts for the SCAR 2016 Open Science Conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 22-26 August 2016. The submission of abstracts is open until 14 February. This conference will focus on Antarctica in the Global Earth System: From the Poles to the Tropics and how the changes that we are currently seeing in Antarctica will affect the rest of the world. The conference programme, including sessions and descriptions, is now available<a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-20-5C" target="_blank" class=""> on the conference website.</a><a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-21-5C" target="_blank" class=""></a><br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Nominees for SCAR medal</strong><br class="">The SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research is awarded for sustained research contributions over a career. This medal is awarded to persons deserving recognition based on outstanding contributions to knowledge and the impact of a person's work on understanding the Antarctic region, the linkages between Antarctica and the Earth system, and/or observations of and from Antarctica.<a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-22-5C" target="_blank" class=""> Nominees are welcomed </a>in all areas of Antarctic and Southern Ocean research. <br class=""><br class=""><strong class="">Community input solicited for European Polar Board strategic direction</strong><br class="">The European Polar Board Strategy Action Group would like to solicit input from all EPB stakeholders regarding future strategic direction of the European Polar Board. Your views will help the Action Group to develop a clear vision of the objectives and expectations for EPB. Your feedback will form an important input for creating the next EPB Strategic Plan. Please help us by <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-23-5C" target="_blank" class="">filling out a short form (5 questions only!):</a><br class=""><strong class=""><br class="">Polar Forum 26 November</strong><br class="">As previously announced, Polar Forum will meet 26 November in Stockholm. <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-24-5C" target="_blank" class="">Read the draft program here.</a> An updated program will be circulated soon.<br class=""><strong class=""><br class="">Seminar on open access to research data 5 November</strong><br class="">A seminar on the launch of a the new version of Environment Climate Data Sweden will be hosted by Swedish Polar Research Secretariat 5 November in Stockholm. <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-25-5C" target="_blank" class="">Read more here<br class=""><strong class=""></strong></a><strong class=""><br class="">New ice charts for Antarctica released </strong><br class="">Norwegian Ice Service, U.S. National Ice Center (NIC), and Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) have in an collaboration published <a style="font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:12px;color:#004494;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;" href="http://info.polar.se/v4_idrlink.asp?q=ACD-983-DF1-26-5C" target="_blank" class="">new ice charts for Antarctica.</a></span></div>
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