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Institution: Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT)
Location: Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Deadline: 7 May 2024

Institution: Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT)
Location: Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Deadline: 6 May 2024

Institution: University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham, UK
Contact: Asst. Prof. Roseanna Mayfield & Prof. Sofie Sjögersten 
Deadline: 24 May 2024

Institution: Umeå University
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Contact:  Dr. Ylva SjöbergRyan Sponseller 
Deadline: 4 May 2024

Institution: Team Shrub, University of British Columbia
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Contact: Prof. Isla Myers-Smith
Deadline: Until filled (review starts mid-April)

Institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Location: Woods Hole, MA, USA
Deadline: Until filled

Institution: University of British Columbia
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Deadline: Until filled
Contact: Prof. Isla Myers-Smith

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Contact: Dr. Lona van Delden & Dr. Claire Treat 

Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
Location: Waterloo, ON, Canada
Contact: Prof. Philip Marsh

Institution: 3vGeomatics
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada (Remote)

Institution: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Location: Falmouth, MA, USA

Institution: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Location: Falmouth, MA, USA (Remote)

Institution: Penn State
Location: University Park, PA, USA

Institution: Université Laval
Location: Laval, QC, Canada
Contact: Assistant Prof. Simon Dumais

Institution: Universität Basel
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Contact: Prof. Yang Yao

Institution: Stantec
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Deadline: Until filled

Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
Location: Trail Valley Creek, NT, Canada
Contact: Dr. Philip Marsh

Institution: Dalhousie University
Location: Halifax, NS, Canada
Contact: Prof. Sian Kou-Giesbrecht

Institution: Caltech
Location: Pasadena, CA, USA
Contact: Dr. Michael Lamb & Maria Schmeer

Institution: WSL-SLF
Location: Davos, Switzerland
Contact: Dr. Yves Bühler & Dr. Marcia Phillips

Institution: University of Bern
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Contact: Dr. Fabrice Lacroix

Institution: Tetra Tech
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Tetra Tech
Location: Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: WSP
Location: Alberta/Saskatchewan/Manitoba, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Palmer
Location: Hybrid/Remote/Toronto, ON/Vancouver, BC, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Palmer
Location: Hybrid/Remote/Vancouver, BC, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Location: Falmouth, MA, USA
Application deadline: Until filled (desired start date 5 February 2024)

Institution: WSP
Location: Anchorage, AK, USA
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Syracuse University
Location: Syracuse, NY, USA
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: L’Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
Location: Rimouski, QC, Canada
Contact: Prof. David Didier
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: University of Arizona
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
Contact: Prof. Malak Tfaily
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Location: Fairbanks, AK, USA
Contact: Dr. Dmitry Nicolsky & Dr. Louise Farquharson
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Location: Falmouth, MA, USA
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Queen’s University
Location: Kingston, ON, Canada
Contact: Dr. Élise Devoie
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: APOLE-EPFL
Location: Sion, Switzerland
Contact: Dr. Ianina Altshuler
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: CHARS, POLAR
Location: Cambridge Bay, NU, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Palmer Environmental Consulting Group
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada / Hybrid / Remote
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Location: Ridge, TN, USA
Contact: Dr. Colleen Iversen
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Carleton University
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Contact: Laura Barrow
Application deadline: Until filled

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Institution: LSCE-IPSL
Location: St Aubin, France
Deadline: 1 April 2024

Institution: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Location: Tromsø, Norway
Contact: Prof. Alfred Hanssen & Adj. Assoc. Prof. Andreas Köhler
Deadline: 28 March 2024

Institution: Umeå University
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Contact: Dr. Gesche Blume-Werry & Dr. Ellen Dorrepaal
Application deadline: 25 March 2024

Institution: Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada
Location: Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Deadline: 20 March 2024
Contact: Dr Lorna Harris & Okechukwu Ezibe

Institution: Yukon Geological Survey
Location: Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Deadline: 1 March 2024
Contact: Carolyn Relf

Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Location: Fairbanks, AK, USA
Application deadline: 29 February 2024

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Deadline: 29 February 2024

Institution: Stockholm University
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: Prof. Gustaf Hugelius & Associate Prof. Stefano Manzoni
Deadline: 28 February 2024

Institution: Stockholm University
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birgit Wild
Application deadline: 15 February 2024

Institution: Aarhus University
Location: Roskilde, Denmark
Contact: Marcin Antoni Jackowicz-Korczynski & Niels Martin Schmidt
Deadline: 15 February 2024

Institution: University of Waterloo
Location: Waterloo, ON, Canada
Contact:  Dr. Chris Yakymchuk
Application deadline: 31 January 2024

Institution: Northern Arizona University (NAU)
Location: Flagstaf, AZ, USA
Application deadline: 31 January 2024

Institution: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Location: Toulouse, France
Application deadline: 29 January 2024

Institution: National Park Foundation
Location: USA
Contact: SIPFellowship@nationalparks.org
Application deadline: 28 January 2024

Institution: Ontario Public Service (OPS)
Location: Sault Ste Marie and Toronto, ON, Canada
Application deadline: 22 January 2024

Institution: Team Shrub, University of British Columbia
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Contact: Prof. Isla Myers-Smith
Application deadline: 16 January 2024

Institution: University of Tübingen
Location: Tübingen, Germany
Contact: Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler
Application deadline: 15 January 2024

Institution: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC) 
Location: Jena, Germany
Contact: Dr. Mathias Göckede
Application deadline: 15 January 2024

Institution: UNIS
Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Contact: Assoc. Prof. Simone Lang & Prof. Steve Coulson
Deadline: 15 January 2024

Institution: Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Contact: Dr. Mike Lim
Application deadline: 11 January 2024

Institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Location: Lyngby, Denmark
Contact: Assoc. Prof. Pernille Erland JensenProf. Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen
Application deadline: 10 January 2024

Institution: Cardiff University
Location: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Contact: Dr. Fred Windsor, Dr. Liz Bagshaw & Dr. Louise Farquharson
Application deadline: 9 January 2024

Institution: Umeå University
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Contact: Dr. Matthias Siewert
Application deadline: 7 January 2024

Institution: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Location: Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
Application deadline: 5 January 2024

Institution: University of Southampton
Location: Southampton, UK
Contact: Dr. Stefanie Rynders, Dr. Hector Moreno & Dr. Yevgeny Aksenov
Application deadline: 3 January 2024

Institution: ICIMOD
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Application deadline: 21 December 2023

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Contact: Dr. Moritz Langer
Application deadline: 19 December 2023

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Bremerhaven, Germany
Contact: Prof. Dr. Guido Große
Application deadline: 18 December 2023

Institution: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
Location: Quebec City, QC, Canada
Contact: Prof. Isabelle Laurion
Application deadline: 15 December 2023

Institution: University of Oslo (UiO)
Location: Oslo, Norway
Contact: Prof. Sebastian Westermann
Application deadline: 1 December 2023

Institution: University of New Hampshire
Location: Durham, NH, USA
Contact: Dr. Jessica Ernakovich
Application deadline: 27 November 2023

Institution: University of Central Asia (UCA)
Location: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Application deadline: 17 November 2024 (or until filled)

Institution: University of Washington
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
Contact: Iman Abdulmoneim
Application deadline: 15 November 2023

Institution: University of Oulu
Location: Oulu, Finland
Contact: Prof. Vesa-Pekka Herva
Application deadline: 8 November 2023

Institution: Universität Hamburg
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Supervisor(s): Dr. Christian Knoblauch & Prof. Lars Kutzbach
Application deadline: 4 November 2023

Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
Application deadline: 1 November 2023

Institution: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/CalTech
Location: Pasadena, CA, USA
Contact: Charles Miller
Application deadline: 1 November 2023

Institution: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Location: Greenbelt, MD, USA
Contact: Alexander Anatolevich Pavlov
Application deadline: 1 November 2023

Institution: Northern Arizona University
Location: Flagstaff, AZ
Application deadline: 25 October 2023
Contact: Dr. Ted Schuur

Institution: Universität Hamburg
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Application deadline: 18 October 2023
Contact: Dr. Kerstin Jantke & Prof. Dr. Uwe A. Schneider 

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Contact: Dr. Moritz Langer
Application deadline: 15 October 2023

Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Location: Fairbanks, AK, USA
Application deadline: 12 October 2023

Institution: Colorado College
Location: Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Application deadline: 6 October 2023

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champlain
Location: Urbana, IL, USA
Application deadline: 6 October 2023

Institution: Technical University of Braunschweig
Location: Braunschweig, Germany
Application deadline: 30 September 2023
Contact: Prof. Dr. Antje Schwalb

Institution: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Location: Falmouth, MA, USA
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota
Location: Twin Cities, MN, USA
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: WSL-SLF
Location: Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Contact: Prof. Johan Gaume & Dr Marcia Phillips
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: LSCE
Location: Saint-Aubin, France
Contact:  Daniel GollPhilippe Ciais
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Tetra Tech Inc.
Location: Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Location: Falmouth, MA, USA
Term: Temporary
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Tetra Tech Inc.
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Tetra Tech Inc.
Location: Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Woodwell Climate Research Center
Location: Falmouth, MA, USA
Project: Permafrost Pathways
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: NSERC PermafrostNet, Carleton University
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Supervisor(s): Dr. Stephan Gruber
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: NSERC PermafrostNet, Carleton University
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Supervisor(s): Dr. Stephan Gruber
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: University of Copenhagen
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Asst. Prof. Jing Tang & Prof. Kirsten Seestern Christoffersen
Application deadline: 15 September 2023

Institution: Stockholm University
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: Prof. Örjan GustafssonMarcus Sundbom
Application deadline: 15 September 2023

Institution: University of Lethbridge
Location: Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Application deadline: 15 September 2023

Institution: University of Montana
Location: Missoula, MT, USA
Application deadline: 14 September 2023

Institution: Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)
Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Contact: Heikki Lihavainen & Christiane Hübner
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: University of Alberta
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Supervisor(s): Dr. Suzanne Tank
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
Location: Scotty Creek Research Station, NT, Canada
Supervisor(s): Dr. William Quinton
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Queen’s University
Location: Kingston, ON, Canada
Supervisor(s): Dr. Stephanie Wright & Dr. Melissa Lafrenière 
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Tetra Tech Inc.
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
Application deadline: Until filled

Institution: Stockholm University
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact:  Prof. Gustaf Hugelius
Application deadline: 1 September 2023

Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
Location: Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Application deadline: 31 August 2023

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Contact: Dr. Vera Schlindwein
Application deadline: 20 August 2023

Institution: Utah State University
Location: Logan, UT, USA
Contact: Dr. Bethany NeilsonDr. Pin Shuai
Application deadline: 17 August 2023

Institution: University of Vienna
Location: Vienna, Austria
Contact: Prof. Andreas Richter
Application deadline: 15 August 2023

Institution: University of Vienna
Location: Vienna, Austria
Contact: Prof. Thomas Rattei
Application deadline: 15 August 2023

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Contact: Prof. Dr. Ulrike HerzschuhDr. Simeon Lisovski
Application deadline: 14 August 2023

Institution: Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI)
Location: Potsdam, Germany
Contact: Julia Boike & Moritz Langer
Application deadline: 14 August 2023

Institution: Stockholm University
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Supervisor(s): Prof. Örjan Gustafsson
Application deadline: 7 August 2023

Institution: Umeå University
Location: Umeå, Sweden
Supervisor(s): Prof. Jan Karlsson
Application deadline: 7 August 2023

Institution: GM Global
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Application deadline: 4 August 2023

Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Location: Fairbanks, AK, USA
Contact: Dmitry Nicolsky
Application deadline: 1 August 2023

Institution: Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Application deadline: 30 July 2023

Institution: Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Application deadline: 28 July 2023

Institution: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Location: Jena, Germany
Contact: Dr. Mathias Göckede
Application deadline: 26 July 2023

Institution: UNESCO
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Application deadline: 20 July 2023

Institution: Queen Mary University London
Location: London, UK
Supervisor(s): Dr. James Bradley
Application deadline: 11 July 2023

Institution: Waterways Centre, University of Canterbury
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Supervisor(s): Dr. Shelley MacDonell & Dr. Ben Robson
Application deadline: 30 June 2023

Institution: Universität Hamburg
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Supervisor(s): Dr. Christian Knoblauch & Prof. Lars Kutzbach
Application deadline: 19 June 2023

Institution: Queen’s University Belfast
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Supervisor(s): Prof. Helen Roe
Application deadline: 7 June 2023

Institution: McGill University
Location: Montréal, QC, Canada
Supervisor(s): N/A
Application deadline: 5 June 2023

Institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Supervisor(s): Dr. hab. Marzena Osuch & Dr. Tomasz Wawrzyniak
Application deadline: 4 June 2023

Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Location: Fairbanks, AK, USA
Supervisor(s): Dmitry Nicolsky & Louise Farquharson
Application deadline: 31 May 2023

Institution: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Contact: Human Resources/Organizational Development
Application deadline: 29 May 2023

Institution: Yukon University Research Centre
Location: Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Contact: permafrost@yukonu.ca
Application deadline: 19 May 2023