Awards & Scholarships | Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center

Byrd Center Opportunities:

Goldthwait Polar Medal Nominations accepted anytime
Byrd Postdoctoral Scholarship Next call for applications TBD
Garry McKenzie & Henry Brecher Undergraduate Scholarship Next call for applications in Fall 2025
Rick Toracinta Graduate Scholarship in Atmospheric Science Next call for applications in Fall 2025
Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award Nominations accepted anytime
Polar Archives Research Award
Lois M. Jones Award
Byrd Center High School Intern Program

Other Opportunities:

National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (OPP-PRF) Next round of applications is Feb. 2024

Goldthwait Polar Medal. Around the rim of the gold medalion, it reads "Richard P. Goldthwait Award." In the middle are the head and shoulders of a man in a suit with short hair and a wrinkled forehead..

Goldthwait Polar Medal

Two researchers are on a small raft on a large body of water. They are wearing hats, sunglasses, and water ready outdoorsy gear.

Byrd Postdoctoral Scholarship

grassy field with a thin stream running through it. Laid over part of the stream is a wooden beam with a person kneeling on it, holding up a jar of something. They are wearing a coat, a hat, and a mask.

Gary McKenzie and Henry Brecher Undergraduate Scholarship

A white man in tan shorts and a white shirt with long sleeves rolled half way up his arm. He is standing in front of mountain and valley landscape.

Rick Toracinta Graduate Scholarship in Atmospheric Science

A white man wearing a flannel, hat, thick boots, pants, and a pair of sunglasses lounging in a wooden chair. He is sitting in front of a tent. A sign next to him reads "Henry's Place"

Henry Brecher Technical Achievement Award

a black and white photo of three people dressed in thick coats with furlined hoods. They are standing in the snow. Behind them is a plane.

Polar Archives Research Award

Lois Jones Medal Front. It is a gold medalion engraved with the head and shoulder of a woman with a bob haircut and a coat. Beside her is an aerial view of the Antarctican continent. On the top lip of the medalion, the full name of the award has been engraved.

Lois M. Jones Award

Office of Polar Programs Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (OPP-PRF)

High School student works on project in the lab

Byrd Center High School Intern Program