IASC Indigenous Fellowship
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), recently announced the start of the 2021 IASC Fellowship Program. Six successful early career researchers were identified from 47 applicants for the IASC Fellowships, including me!
The 2021 IASC Fellows are:
Hélène Angot, Atmosphere WG (Switzerland) | Expertise: trace gases, atmospheric chemistry, surface-atmosphere exchange
Greta Wells, Cryosphere WG (USA) | Expertise: glacial outburst floods; glacier environmental change; geomorphology
Neelu Singh, Marine WG (Norway) | Expertise: Microplastics, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Svalbard
Victoria Qutuuq Buschman, Marine WG / Indigenous Fellow (Greenland / USA) | Expertise: Conservation Biology
Wayne Clark, Social & Human WG (Canada) | Expertise: Inuit research methodology, Inuit health education, cultural safety
Ivan Alekseev, Terrestrial WG (Russia) | Expertise: permafrost soils; organic matter; environmental contamination
The IASC Fellowship Program provides the opportunity for early-career researchers to become involved in leading-edge scientific activities at a circumarctic and international level and to build an international network. The fellowship is meant to engage early-career researchers in the work of the IASC Working Groups (WGs): Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, and Terrestrial. Since 2020, IASC has expanded its Fellowship Program to include space specifically for Arctic early career Indigenous scholars by awarding one additional IASC Indigenous Fellowship per year. I’m proud to have received IASC’s first ever Indigenous Fellowship!
I look forward to meeting the other Fellows and diving deeper into IASC activities. More information about the IASC Fellowship Program can be found here.
