POLAR is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to fund, create, and maintain an international pathway for early-career researchers and scientists conducting scientific work in the polar regions.
Through fundraising from both the private and public sectors, POLAR aims to create its own science expeditions while also establishing a transparent review process to accept research proposals from the global scientific community.
The Arctic and Antarctic play a critical role in regulating Earth’s climate, sea levels, and ecosystems. Changes occurring in these regions are often the earliest indicators of global environmental shifts.
By enabling scientific research in the polar regions, POLAR helps generate the data needed to better understand climate systems, ice dynamics, and long-term planetary health.
P.O.L.A.R.’s mission is to create research opportunities for early-career scientists by designing and providing operational and logistical support for science expeditions in the polar regions.
We focus on making polar research more accessible by supporting expedition planning, field operations, and infrastructure — allowing researchers to focus on science.
Creating pathways and empowering future researchers to understand and protect the polar regions through continued science analysis.
POLAR envisions a global scientific community where early-career researchers have the opportunity, resources, and support to conduct meaningful polar research that informs policy, conservation, and climate action.
