NNA Community Newsletter

December 2025 Issue

• The NNA-CO at AGU25
• New Resource Available from the NNA-CO - Arctic Scientists in the Classroom: Principles for Designing Community-Centered Educational Programs
• Applications Open for the 2026 Toolik Field Station Early Career Tundra Award
• Reminder: Save the Dates for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting
• Upcoming Events

From everyone here at the NNA Community Office, we wish you a joyful holiday season. The end of the year gives us all an opportunity to reflect on what we’ve accomplished and how grateful we are for the partnerships and relationships we’ve built. Our team would like to express our sincere gratitude for your commitment to the NNA initiative. Wishing you peace, joy, and warmth this season and beyond.

The NNA-CO at AGU25

Poster Arctic Education and Outreach: Effective Ways of Engaging Diverse Learners in Arctic Science I Poster

December 15, 2025 | 8:30 am - 12:00 pm CT | Hall EFG (NOLA CC)

Poster NNA Research Experience: A Hybrid Research Experience Program for Connecting Alaska Undergraduates with Community-Informed Research

December 15, 2025 | 8:30 am - 12:00 pm CT | Hall EFG (NOLA CC)

Session ED13A - Arctic Education and Outreach: Effective Ways of Engaging Diverse Learners in Arctic Science II Oral

December 15, 2025 | 2:15 - 3:45 pm CT | Room 346 - 347 (NOLA CC)

Session C33A - Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Social Challenges I Oral

December 17, 2025 | 2:15 - 3:45 pm CT | Room 214 (NOLA CC)

Poster Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Social Challenges II Poster

December 18, 2025 | 8:30 am - 12:00 pm CT | Hall EFG (NOLA CC)

Poster Rethinking Arctic research as collective action to navigate a changing climate

December 18, 2025 | 8:30 am - 12:00 pm CT | Hall EFG (NOLA CC)

New Resource Available from the NNA-CO - Arctic Scientists in the Classroom: Principles for Designing Community-Centered Educational Programs

The best practices for science education and outreach in the Arctic has shifted dramatically over the past 30 years as “parachute scientists” presentations in classrooms have gradually been replaced by youth-centered approaches. This mini-course from the Navigating the New Arctic Community Office introduces you to principles of evidence-based, community-centered design of science outreach and education programming in the Arctic. Through concrete examples, the mini-course will demonstrate how instructional design theory and co-production of knowledge frameworks can guide and enhance outreach project development. Examples include projects from the NSF Navigating the New Arctic initiative and NASA Science Activation Arctic and Earth SIGNs project. You will leave with an outreach program planning guide incorporating the key considerations and evidence based design for their research in Arctic classrooms or communities.

Applications Open for the 2026 Toolik Field Station Early Career Tundra Award

Toolik Field Station invites students and early career researchers to apply for the Tundra Award for the 2026 field season. This award sponsors independent and original research projects with up to 10 days at Toolik Field Station in Arctic Alaska.The Tundra Award is open to current students and those who have been enrolled in a degree program within the past five years. Applications are due Feb.15, 2026. For more information, including how to apply, visit the Tundra Award website or contact Haley Dunleavy at 907-474-6407 or uaf-toolik-communication@alaska.edu. 

Reminder: Save the Dates for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting

Don’t forget to save the dates for the 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting, which will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska during September 15–17, 2026. While we have hosted our meetings in spring for the past two years, we decided to shift to a different timing next year. In addition to this NNA community gathering, we will also be offering a range of both virtual and smaller in-person gatherings during the months ahead. Our list of upcoming events can be found here, where even more events will be added and announced in the coming weeks.

Upcoming Events

• AGU Session: ED13A - Arctic Education and Outreach: Effective Ways of Engaging Diverse Learners in Arctic Science II Oral
• December 15, 2025 |  2:15-3:45 CT  |  346-347 (New Orleans Convention Center)
• AGU Session: C33A - Convergence Research in the Arctic: Drawing from Diverse Disciplines and Knowledge Systems to Address Complex Societal Challenges I Oral
• December 17, 2025  |  2:15-3:45pm CT  |  214 (New Orleans Convention Center)
• 2026 NNA Annual Community Meeting
• September 15-17, 2026