Science Menu

SCAR's Science Groups (formerly known as Standing Scientific Groups) are responsible for:

  • Sharing information on disciplinary scientific research being conducted by national Antarctic programmes;
  • Identifying research areas or fields where current research is lacking;
  • Coordinating proposals for future research by national Antarctic programmes to achieve maximum scientific and logistic effectiveness;
  • Identifying research areas or fields that might be best investigated by a SCAR Scientific Research Programme and establishing Scientific Programme Planning Groups to develop formal proposals to the Executive Committee;
  • Establishing Action and Expert Groups to address specific research topics within the discipline.

The three Science Groups are: