August 17, 2025

POLARIN Brokerage Event for its 2nd Transnational Access Call to Polar Research Infrastructures: Agenda & Registration Open Registration Agenda (pdf) On September 2, 2025, from 15:00- 17:00 CEST, POLARIN is organizing a brokerage event for the Second POLARIN call for Transnational access to Polar research infrastructures. The Transnational Access (TA) programme gives researchers worldwide free access to 64 Arctic and Antarctic infrastructures. Transnational access can be either in-person (hands-on), provided to selected users that visit the installation to make use of it, or remote, through the provision of remote scientific services (e.g. provision of reference materials or samples, remote access to a high-performance computing facility). The September 2 event will: Provide an overview of the POLARIN project and its Transnational Access Calls Highlight selected research infrastructures from the 64 available Introduce the new POLARIN Geographic Information System (GIS) Registration Agenda (pdf) Key Dates for the 2nd POLARIN Transnational Access Call September 1, 2025 – Call opens October 30, 2025 (16:00 CET) – Call closes Mid-March 2026 – Access decisions communicated April 2026 – Negotiations with successful projects begin Related Upcoming Events: To support the polar research community, POLARIN is also organizing an information webinar on September 18, 10:30–13:00 CEST. The seminar will cover the application and evaluation process, as well as the principles of Transnational Access. A dedicated Q&A session will give participants the opportunity to address specific queries. The webinar can be accessed via this link: https://oulu.zoom.us/j/69306892467#success. Expert Pool: POLARIN is inviting experts to join its Expert Pool, contributing to the review of proposals submitted under the Transnational Access calls. Interested individuals are encouraged to register and indicate their field of expertise here.