Early Career Researchers Network

This network aims at bringing together mountain biodiversity professionals who are at an early stage of their career and are looking for a community of peers with whom to share ideas, expertise, questions, and opportunities.

We define early career professionals as anyone whose career has started within the last 10 years and who is connected to mountain biodiversity science. This includes researchers who have received their Bachelor's or Master's qualification within the last 10 years or their PhD within the last six years, as well as professionals working at the interface of society, policy, practice, and research in mountain biodiversity.

If you want to join the network, fill out the registration form!

If you are looking for a job openings or other relevant summer schools or events, check out our market place and list of opportunities

Job opportunities
Title Location Application deadline Link
Job announcements in ecology and evolution Excel list
ESA Latin American and the Caribbean job board resource Excel list
Graduate students and post-docs opportunities: mountain birds and climate change Georgia Tech in Atlanta Open The Mountain Bird Lab
8 Internship positions in biodiversity monitoring (Summer 2025) Eurac research (Italy) N/A List of open positions
Post-doc in tectono-geomorphic processes and mountain biodiversity Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Switzerland) N/A Job description
Schools and conferences
Title Date and location Deadline Link
Pathways Autumn School 2025 13 - 17 October, 2025, Aussois (France) 12 May 2025 Online information
Rudolf de Groot ESP Summer School 2025: Value Transfer for Ecosystem Service Valuation and Mapping 01 - 05 September, 2025, University of Aveiro (Portugal) 14 May 2025 Online information
Summer School: Blue-green biodiversity. Research and practice at the interface of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems 26 - 28 August, 2025, Davos (Switzerland) 27 May 2025 Online information
Student4Student Summerschool (#S4SSS) 7-12 September, 2025, Obergurgl (Austria) Online information
Diplôme d'Université (DU) Botanique écologie alpine du Briançonnais 30 June - 05 July 2025, Villar-d'Arène - Jardin du Lautaret (France) Online information (French)
Formation de botanique alpine 07 - 10 July 2025, Villar-d'Arène - Jardin du Lautaret (France) Online information (French)
Grants and prices
Funding scheme Deadline Link
People's Trusted Fund for Endangered Species Internship Grants N/A Online information
World Academy of Sciences fellowships N/A Online information