Infrastructure Area – Antarctic Research with Comparative Investigations in Arctic Ice Areas (SPP 1158)
The German Research Foundation's SPP 1158 funds interdisciplinary research on Antarctic and Arctic ice areas, focusing on climate dynamics, environmental change, and polar processes.
Funder: German Research Foundation
Due Dates: August 9, 2026 (Coordination workshop registration) | October 26, 2026 (elan registration deadline) | November 2, 2026 (Proposal submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: Funding for up to 3 years per project; typical DFG Priority Programme award covers project staff, travel, and research costs (no fixed maximum stated).
Summary: Supports interdisciplinary research by German scientists on Antarctic and Arctic ice areas, focusing on climate dynamics, environmental change, connectivity, and polar processes.
Description
This Priority Programme (SPP 1158), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), aims to advance interdisciplinary polar research by supporting German university researchers in studies of the Antarctic and comparative investigations in Arctic ice areas. The programme offers access to polar research infrastructure and facilitates international collaboration, with a focus on four main research themes: dynamics of climate system components, responses to environmental change, connectivity and exchange in polar systems, and deepening the understanding of polar processes. Over 60 targeted research questions guide the programme, which is renewed through 2030.
