INSTANT Fellowship Scheme


Application for the 2025 INSTANT Fellowship scheme has now closed.

The SCAR INSTANT Scientific Research Programme “Instability and Threshold in Antarctica” (INSTANT) is funding 4 scholarships to Early Career Researchers.

The goal of the INSTANT Fellowships is to increase the engagement of Early Career Researchers in INSTANT activities and to promote participation of scientists from regions currently under-represented in INSTANT, i.e., South America, Asia and Africa.

Applications for the INSTANT Fellowships shall address the objectives and priority questions in INSTANT’s Science and Implementation plan as well as the new INSTANT structure.

Proposed activities may include:

  • Research visits to laboratories, research groups, etc for collaboration
  • Research synthesis, fieldwork or analysis
  • Science stakeholder engagement
  • Educational activities/capacity exchange related to Antarctic research
  • Activities to promote leadership and project management skills
  • Participation in workshops and schools to develop capability
  • Research/activities to support participation in policy decision processes
  • Science communication efforts aimed at policy making
  • Dissemination and outreach activities, e.g., production of media pieces about INSTANT activities, research highlights, etc.

 

Eligibility:

  • PhD candidates: Applicants should be currently enrolled in a PhD programme
  • ECR: those who have obtained a PhD within 7 years of application. The period excludes career breaks due to parental leave, health issues, etc.
  • Applicants from underrepresented regions in INSTANT, e.g. South America, Asia, Africa
  • The visiting (host) institution must also support the application

 

INSTANT fellowships are USD $7500.

Co-funding with other sources is encouraged. In this round, up to 4 scholarships will be funded, i.e., one by theme and one dedicated to Humanities.

Past and Current INSTANT Fellows

Camila Marin-Arias (2025)

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Project: A hidden feedback promoting ice-sheet shrinkage: methane release into Antarctic coastal waters by retreating glaciers

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Devsamridhi Arora (2025)

University of Allahabad, India

Project: Integrating sub-ice geological heterogeneity into Geothermal Heat Flow: A Case Study of Princess Elizabeth Land sector, East Antarctica

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Yikai Zhu (2025)

Wuhan University, China

Project: Temporal evolution and stability of Antarctic ice shelf pinning points: A decadal analysis from 2015 to 2024

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Alexander Bradley (2025)

British Antarctic Survey, UK

Project: Investigating noise-induced tipping as a driver of Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

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Giselle Lujan Marincovich (2025)

Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), Argentina

Project: Aerosols – a Neglected Piece of Atmospheric Forcing over Ice and Snow

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Kenza Himmich (2022)

Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, France

Project: Understanding past and future changes in Antarctic sea ice seasonality

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Xiaoxia Huang (2022)

Department of Personnel and Education, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IDSSE)

Project: Imprints of the early glaciations on the George V Land continental shelf: insights for long-term evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Sally Cheuk Yin Lau (2022)

James Cook University, Australia

Project: Reconstructing past grounded ice extent over time around Wilkes Land margin, East Antarctica, using animal genomes

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Luciana Shigihara Lima (2022)

National Institute for Space Research, Brazil

Project: Impacts of freshwater supply on the coastal dynamics of the Antarctic Peninsula

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Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake (2022)

Uva Wellassa University, Sri Lanka

Project: Teleconnection between Antarctic melting history and sea-level changes, in the Indian Ocean

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