The goal of the school is to foster excitement and encourage involvement of the next generation of space researchers in studies of the geospace environment of Polar Regions. The importance of these regions is rapidly growing due to modern society’s dependence on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) services and products, strongly affected by ionospheric variability at high latitudes. Topics will focus on the infrastructures for multi-instrument monitoring, data management from sub auroral to polar latitudes, the need for specialized models of the upper atmosphere, and the development of mitigation algorithms to improve GNSS services and products.

The school is mainly aimed at graduate and post-graduate students with an enthusiastic interest in this topic. Student-teams will be organized through an “inside team building” activity scheduled on the first day of the school. This initial activity will formulate, under the supervision of experts, the “first iteration” of student-led project proposals. The establishment of the student-teams aims to both stimulate the interaction among the new generation of scientists from different countries and furnish the preliminary tools to build successful project proposals. On the final day the students-teams will present their proposals and participate in their evaluation by the School Program and Organization Committees.

The fee of €800 includes board and lodging at nearby hotels.  Some financial support is available for a limited number of students.

Applications, including a brief curriculum vitae, should be made through the school website's application page.  The deadline for applications is 5 May 2018. 

For more information, visit the International School of Space Science website.

The school is co-sponsored by SCAR's GNSS Research and Application for Polar Environment (GRAPE) Expert Group.